Judge in Siri case steps down over having interest in Apple October 29, 2012 - 21:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A judge who was presiding over a patent lawsuit that involved Apple's Siri has stepped down from the case as he has an "interest" in the technology giant, according to tomshardware.com. New York District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has turned away from the case due to claiming "interest" in Apple. Consequently, he's legally prevented from being qualified to judge the Siri-related lawsuit. While it's unclear what exactly his interest may be related to, it's likely to involve stock/shares. The lawsuit itself was filed by Dynamic Advances, who alleges that Apple's virtual assistant Siri infringes upon its licensed voice recognition patent titled '798. Dynamic Advances, however, didn't register the patent, but exclusively licensed it from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "Apple has infringed and continues to infringe one or more claims of the '798 Patent by processing natural-language inputs in the United States. For example, Apple's Siri personal assistant includes technology claimed in the '798 Patent," read a court letter. Replacing Sharpe will be district judge David Hurd over the Dynamic Advances lawsuit. Partner news  Top stories The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers. The validity period of BIT service is 30 days; the service cost is AMD 2500, with the maximum Internet speed of 384 kbps. The next generation iPad will keep its 2048 x 1536 Retina display by using a thinner 0.2mm piece of glass. Apple uses two conventional offshore tax practices typical of multinational companies' tax-avoidance strategies, the report said.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenian lawyers to stage protest against court of cassation  Judicial strike is aimed against the principle of the court of cassation to have the case undergo legal procedure and further reject.Russian envoy presents credentials to Armenian President President Sargsyan hailed the cooperation in the fields of politics and economy as well as partnership with CSTO and CIS.Swiss envoy awarded with Foreign Ministry's Medal of Honor Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met with Switzerland’s outgoing ambassador Konstantin Obolensky.OSCE MG Co-Chairs to ‘explore ideas’ for Karabakh settlement The Co-Chairs will meet with Foreign Ministers to explore mutually-acceptable approaches to resolving the conflict. |
