Burst's $10 Million Patent Settlement: Quicktime, iTunes, ... DVR?
As a followup to a report from 2006, Apple and Burst.com have settled their patent dispute for $10 million dollars.
Burst.com sued Apple over patent claims involving "the delivery of music or video over the Internet 'faster than real-time.'" This involves the technology involved in streaming and delivering video and audio content on the internet as Apple does with iTunes and Quicktime streaming software.
In the settlement, Apple will pay Burst.com a one-time $10 million license fee for its current patent portfolio. Meanwhile, Burst has one existing and three pending DVR patents that do not fall within this agreement. However, the press release explicitly states that Burst will not sue Apple in the future over these DVR technology patents.
Burst.com sued Apple over patent claims involving "the delivery of music or video over the Internet 'faster than real-time.'" This involves the technology involved in streaming and delivering video and audio content on the internet as Apple does with iTunes and Quicktime streaming software.
In the settlement, Apple will pay Burst.com a one-time $10 million license fee for its current patent portfolio. Meanwhile, Burst has one existing and three pending DVR patents that do not fall within this agreement. However, the press release explicitly states that Burst will not sue Apple in the future over these DVR technology patents.
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55 months ago
Damnit please stop giving in to patent trolls! If no one gave them any money, then they won't have money to sue!
55 months ago
I'm suprised they settled. It was for fairly cheap though. The patent appeared pretty bogus.
DVR would make the Apple TV worthwhile. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it had DVR functionality.
DVR would make the Apple TV worthwhile. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it had DVR functionality.
55 months ago
DVR would make the Apple TV worthwhile. I'd buy one in a heartbeat if it had DVR functionality.
same here. i hope it happens
55 months ago
Damnit please stop giving in to patent trolls! If no one gave them any money, then they won't have money to sue!
No kidding. This is after they had a settlement with Microsoft for $60 million!
55 months ago
Damnit please stop giving in to patent trolls! If no one gave them any money, then they won't have money to sue!
If Burst is a ligit company with a product out there, then they aren't really patent trolls. A patent troll is an entity who buys patents , directly or indirectly, without a product and then starts suing. It would be if another company started using multitouch in the same way as Apple's implementation.
Patents are abused and hamper innovation.
55 months ago
I love their website. The main screen contains news links about Burst.com - about 80% of them are legal-related, as opposed to product-related.
55 months ago
Well it seems since 3 companies have settled/licensed Burst technology they have verifiable legal patents.Kudos to them for standing up to the big guys and collecting.
55 months ago
I hope they put that money to good use. Like re-design their website that looks like its 10 years old. May be buy themselves some nice Macs and a graphic designer or two.
55 months ago
No kidding. This is after they had a settlement with Microsoft for $60 million!
Apple clearly won this one, Burst had $5 million legal expenses and had to license all there patents to Apple. Not bad :apple:
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