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    Apple and Patents: King of the World?

    June 24th, 2011

    You just know that Apple’s lawyers and executives must be slapping themselves on their backs and smiling broadly after being awarded yet another U.S. patent for mobile technology. The latest and greatest covers a number of features of their amazing touchsreens. While I’m not an attorney — and don’t play one on television — you […]


    So Should the Apple TV Become a Real Apple TV?

    June 23rd, 2011

    So the published reports have it that Apple moved roughly two million of the second generation Apple TVs as of the end of the last quarter. So it appears that, in the scheme of things, Apple’s latest attempt to find a place in the sun — or your living room — next to existing set […]


    Welcome to Patent Soup

    December 17th, 2010

    Hardly a week goes by without yet another story about some sort of patent fight involving Apple. Sometimes it’s a company that bought up a bunch of intellectual property portfolios and is hoping for lucrative pay days to make the investments worthwhile. They don’t actually produce products or services; they just collect royalties. But other […]


    The September 7th Apple Event Occurs on September 1st

    August 26th, 2010

    So right on the heels of published reports that Apple planned a special media event for September 7th comes confirmation that it will indeed occur — on September 1st. No, gentle reader, I do not think Apple abruptly changed the date out of piqué with the media for prematurely disclosing when it might occur. It […]