11 Patents Apple and Microsoft are violated by Android

Google's mobile operating system, Android, and the cell phone manufacturers are often involved in patent litigation cases. The most widely heard is a patent war between Apple and Samsung, which took place since 2010 in several countries.

Not only are frequently sued Apple, the software company Microsoft was sued several manufacturers of Android.

Actually, what is disputed patent Apple and Microsoft? An intellectual property rights activist, Florian Mueller, who has a blog FOSS Patent technology patents, a list of 11 patents Apple and Microsoft are considered to be violated by Android.

1. Patent EP2059868: Portable electronic device for photo management

This patent describes a method of sliding your finger to see the photos in the Gallery. With this patent, Apple sued Samsung in the City Court of The Hague, Netherlands, on August 24, 2011. Apple also sued Motorola Mobility in the Regional Court of Munich, Germany, in March 2012.

2. U. S. Pat. 7,469,381: List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display

Android users would never use e-mail application if you want to refresh the messages, can be done by rolling the finger down to touch-screen smartphone. In this way, new messages will appear.

The patent is actually owned by Apple, and Samsung are called to use it without permission. The trials lasted a matter of this patent in the District Court of Northern California, United States, and declared that Samsung violated patents on December 2, 2011.

3. U. S. Patent No. Design. D618, 677: Electronic device

This is a common patent related to the design of the iPhone. Apple repeatedly called the Galaxy family of smartphones and tablet design cheating the iPhone and the iPad. About the design patent war going on since December 2, 2011 the District Court of Northern California, the United States.

4. U. S. Pat. 5,946,647: System and method for performing an action on a computer-generated structure in the data

Did you receive a message with a contact number? When the number is touched, you will be escorted to the menu to make phone calls.

Well, this is Apple's patent, which is then broken Samsung and HTC. U.S. International Trade Commission stated HTC infringes any patent, December 19, 2011. Court of San Jose, California, also said something similar to the Samsung at June 29, 2012.

5. EP1964022: Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

Unlock the screen by sliding your finger from left to right is the first way to use iPhone and has been patented by Apple. Capital about this patent, Apple sued Motorola Mobility in the Regional Court of Munich, Germany, on February 16, 2012.

6. U. S. Pat. 6,370,566: Generating meeting requests and group scheduling from a mobile device

Every time you make an appointment in the calendar of mobile devices, and the calendar application to send notifications that you have an appointment on the day of the week, then you have to use Microsoft patents.

Motorola to use the patent without permission from Microsoft. On May 18, 2012, the United States International Trade Commission had banned the Motorola Android smartphone shipments to the United States.

7. EP1304891: Communicating multi-part messages Between cellular devices using a standardized interface

The patent is set to send a message contains more than 160 characters. Thanks to Microsoft, sending a message that contains more than 160 characters can be done once and not fragmented.

Apple has to pay royalties on the use of this patent. However, Motorola did not pay it until Microsoft sued in local court Munich, Germany, on May 24, 2012.

8. U. S. Patent No. Design. D504, 889: Electronic device

This is a common patent related iPad tablet design. On June 27, 2012, Northern California District Court granted Apple's demands to ban the sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1.

The lawsuit accuses Apple of copying the design of Galaxy Tab 10.1 iPad, also held in the Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, in mid-2011.

9. U. S. Pat. 8,086,604: Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system

This patent refers to information search with voice commands like features in iPhone 4S Siri. Apple sued Samsung on June 29, 2012 as Galaxy Nexus smartphone using this patent. This has led to a Samsung smartphone, and Google is not sold freely in the U.S. today.

10. U. S. Pat. 8,046,721: Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

This is the patent of the features a slide-to-unlock Apple's. Once a patent is suing Motorola, Samsung smartphones now turn to the Galaxy Nexus sued. At the end of June 2012, Northern California District Court stated, Samsung and Google violate this patent.

11. U. S. Pat. 8,074,172: Method, system, and graphical user interface for Providing Word Recommendations

Apple's patent governing autocorrect, a recommendation feature words as the user is typing a message. In use the smartphone Galaxy Nexus, Northern California District Court ruled that Samsung and Google violates its patents.