Apple coughs up for iTunes Music Store patent

Zardon · Aug 5, 2004, 03:57 PM

Apple has agreed to pay undisclosed royalties to a company that challenged the core concept behind the iTunes Music Store.

E-Date Corp. owns European and US patents that describe a "system and method of distributing [commercial] digital content over electronic and wireless networks". The company claimed that ITMS was just such a system, and as such required Apple to license its intellectual property.

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germanjulian · Aug 5, 2004, 04:08 PM

hahaha. reminds me when apple music (beatles) sued apple computers over the name and won. then again and then again for another violation (no distribution of music ¬ itunes)

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Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Apple coughs up for iTunes Music Store patent Apple has agreed to pay undisclosed royalties to a company that challenged the core concept behind the iTunes Music Store. E-Date Corp. owns European and US patents that describe a "system and method of distributing [commercial] digital content over electronic and wireless networks". The company claimed that ITMS was just such a system, and as such required Apple to license its intellectual property. full story

Aug 5, 2004, 04:08 PM	#2
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	hahaha. reminds me when apple music (beatles) sued apple computers over the name and won. then again and then again for another violation (no distribution of music ¬ itunes) __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\