Jeff Campbell
02-18-2009, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/138839/2009/02/picsel.html' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/138.../02/picsel.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"A company called Picsel Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Apple alleging that the iPhone and iPod touch infringe on a patent that involves the redrawing of a display to make the redrawing process seem more responsive."</em></p><p><em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1234903282.usr105634.jpg" /></em></p><p>The technology behind the iPhone/iPod Touch is still fairly new, comprised of many different technologies. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Apple is being sued by a company with claims to one of those pieces. <a href="http://www.picsel.com/" target="_blank">Picsel</a> claims that the rendering process used in the muti-touch display is violating their patent, specifically number <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7009626.PN.&OS=PN/7009626&RS=PN/7009626" target="_blank">7,009,626</a>. Ironic though, in light of the recent patent Apple was awarded for it's mutli-touch technology. Wasn't this aspect of it covered? I guess not, or rather, I guess we will see! </p><p><em></em></p>