Creative To Defend Interface Patent Rights

wild_berry writes "At the London Lauch of their new 'Zen Vision: M' portable media player, Creative Labs boss Sim Wong Hoo told the BBC that he plans to defend their August 2005 patent for interfaces in portable music devices." From the article: "Creative chairman Sim Wong Hoo told the BBC News website that the company was already talking to various parties about the patent but refused to be drawn on specifics. 'We will pursue all manufacturers that use the same navigation system,' said Mr Sim. 'This is something we will pursue aggressively. Hopefully this will be friendly, but people have to respect intellectual property.'"

Too late to patent the "Sound Blaster", is it?

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Too late to patent the "Sound Blaster", is it?

"Navigation system?"

[voice_of_all_reason]

Like "play", "pause", "next", and "stop?"

To be honest, stranger things have happened. Didn't someone in England patent strawberries recently?

woot!!

[$RANDOMLUSER]

Now I can get some traction protecting my patent for "A Rotary Device For Increasing Or Decreasing The Volume".

Zen Patent

[Anonymous Coward]

Sound of one hand clapping....

LoL

Re:Ha!

[Anonymous Coward]

I have a patent on the English language, and you are seriously abusing it.

Re: btw, here's a link...

[passingNotes.com]

image is small, but this URL will show you the console that i'm talking about - SEE that litle dial pad interface that controls the gameplay? this is clearly the precursor to all things home media, right? http://www.playerschoicegames.com/colecovisionsys. html [playerschoicegames.com]

That tears it!

[wcrowe]

I've decided to finally place my patent on a "device which presents the user with a selection of paper sheets, arranged in logical order, upon which words and/or pictures are imprinted". Everyone who manufactures, sells, or reads a book owes me money. My intellectual property must be respected!