| That's great! I can stop Googling now.
I hadn't appreciated the 'financial
ties' speculation concerned the possibility that he had licensed his patent to
Apple so all my searches were way off the mark.
One of the documents linked
to from the document in your last response really spells it
out:
Velvin Hogan reportedly filed documents with the US Patent
Office in 2002 for the 'method and apparatus for recording and storing video
information'.
This also included technology for a wireless keyboard to allow
users to surf the web and order films on demand, a feature, which is already
available on Apple iPads.
According to the Daily Mail, the disclosure has
raised a huge potential conflict of interest as it is not clear if the patent
has ever been bought or used by any tech companies.
It is not known if
Hogan's patent has been used or seen by either Apple or Samsung, but if he were
biased in any way towards Apple it could have had a massive influence on jury's
decision.
(http://in.news.yahoo.com/apple-samsung-court-verdic
t-under-cloud-jury-foreman-073726342--finance.html )
I still find it
amazing, however, that they could file such an inflammatory statement without
giving a bullet proof citation. Even I was motivated to check it out, and I'm
just a spectator.
Sorry, PJ, if I have wasted your time. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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