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Other Discussion Boards => Technology & Information => Topic started by: markjo on June 29, 2016, 03:33:00 AM

Title: Florida Man strikes again
Post by: markjo on June 29, 2016, 03:33:00 AM
Why can't Florida Man just sit back and enjoy his retirement?

Quote from: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/06/28/florida-man-sues-apple-1992-invention/
Florida Man Sues Apple for $10+ Billion, Says iOS Devices Copy His 1992 Drawings

Tuesday June 28, 2016 8:30 am PDT by Joe Rossignol

Florida resident Thomas S. Ross has filed a lawsuit against Apple this week, claiming that the iPhone, iPad, and iPod infringe upon his 1992 invention of a hand-drawn "Electronic Reading Device" (ERD). The court filing claims the plaintiff was "first to file a device so designed and aggregated," nearly 15 years before the first iPhone.