i really admire the intellectual property institution, but to some point i find it not to protect the ideas in development for people rather a hinderance to competion in that there is not much innovation due to this... --- On Sun, 8/26/12, meshack emakunat <memakunat@yahoo.com> wrote: From: meshack emakunat <memakunat@yahoo.com> Subject: [kictanet] Apple Patent Victory Could Have Broad Implications for Mobile Industry To: memakunat@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 12:20 AM --- On Fri, 8/24/12, NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect@nytimes.com> wrote: From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect@nytimes.com> Subject: Latest: Apple Patent Victory Could Have Broad Implications for Mobile Industry To: memakunat@yahoo.com Date: Friday, August 24, 2012, 5:49 PM Breaking News Alert The New York Times Friday, August 24, 2012 -- 8:33 PM EDT ----- Apple Patent Victory Could Have Broad Implications for Mobile Industry In a big legal victory for Apple that could have broad implications for the mobile business, a jury awarded the company more than $1 billion in damages Friday after finding that Samsung infringed on a series of Apple patents on smartphones and tablet computers. The verdict could have a major impact on Android, the Google operating system used by Samsung and many other companies in their devices. Apple’s suit against Samsung, the world’s largest maker of smartphones, has partly been viewed as a proxy war against Google, which Apple executives have derided as a copycat. A nine-person jury sided with Apple on most of its allegations, including patent claims involving the “bounce back” effect when a user scrolls to the end of a list, the pinch-to-zoom gesture that users make when they want to magnify an image, and the physical design of the iPhone. The jury added some sting by finding in favor of Apple across the board in a countersuit by Samsung. Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/technology/jury-reaches-decision-in-apple-... To unsubscribe, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/gst/unsub.html?email=memakunat@yahoo.com&id=53239314&segment=38231&group=nl&product=NA About This E-Mail You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking news alerts from NYTimes.com. To change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily headlines or other newsletters, go to: http://www.nytimes.com/email NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Ave. New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2012 The New York Times Company -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/memakunat%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.