wraggster
December 3rd, 2009, 16:37
Last night, we wrote a story about a letter sent by Emblaze to Apple, claiming that an iPhone live streaming app was infringing one of its media streaming patents.
We wondered why Apple received the letter, which was offering to license the technology, when the cause was an application released by a third-party developer for iPhone.
However, a spokesperson for Emblaze subsidiary Else Mobile has confirmed the comment made by a John Green on our original story - that it's the API being used by the Knocking Live Video app that's the focus.
"The commenter is correct: the Live Streaming API is part of the Apple operating system (iPhone OS) - it is embedded within the OS without any need to write any application code," the spokesperson tells ME.
"Knocking is simply another application that happens to use these capabilities. We sent Apple a notice letter informing them of the infringement and offering them to license our technology."
We'll have to wait and see what Apple's response is. The company is facing a separate patent infringement lawsuit from Nokia relating to some of the other technology inside the iPhone.
However, it should be noted that at this point, Emblaze is not actually suing Apple.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35268/Emblaze-confirms-Apple-iPhone-API-sparked-legal-letter
We wondered why Apple received the letter, which was offering to license the technology, when the cause was an application released by a third-party developer for iPhone.
However, a spokesperson for Emblaze subsidiary Else Mobile has confirmed the comment made by a John Green on our original story - that it's the API being used by the Knocking Live Video app that's the focus.
"The commenter is correct: the Live Streaming API is part of the Apple operating system (iPhone OS) - it is embedded within the OS without any need to write any application code," the spokesperson tells ME.
"Knocking is simply another application that happens to use these capabilities. We sent Apple a notice letter informing them of the infringement and offering them to license our technology."
We'll have to wait and see what Apple's response is. The company is facing a separate patent infringement lawsuit from Nokia relating to some of the other technology inside the iPhone.
However, it should be noted that at this point, Emblaze is not actually suing Apple.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/35268/Emblaze-confirms-Apple-iPhone-API-sparked-legal-letter