Florida man Thomas Ross believes that hedivined the future of human communication15 years before Steve Jobs introduce the iPhone . Ross scribbled together a patent of invention app for a machine back in 1992 and now claims that Apple stole his design . Now , the Florida man is process Apple for over $ 10 billion .
Okay so this thing does n’t even take care like an iPhone besides the fact that it ’s rectangular and has a screen . The Frankenstein of a gadget is also just a kitchen sink of every possible affair you could think to put in a hand-held gadget in 1992 , like a cell antenna , MS - DOS , solar cells ( ! ) , and a 3.5 - inch floppy disk cause ( ! ! ! ) . It even has a forcible keyboard . One of the iPhone ’s biggest introduction , listen you , is the fact that it does n’t have a keyboard . Ross did n’t even devil to use a square bound when drawing his design , so it ’s a complete mess of technical school that no one in their correct mind would progress in 1992 or ever .
A proto - Kindle ? Maybe . The Apple Newton ? You ’re set out warmer . But not an iPhone . Not even skinny .
There ’s the petite job of these patents not actually being patents any longer , since the plaintiff fail pay the appropriate registration fee . The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office declare the app “ desolate ” in 1995 . Regardless , Ross is asking for $ 10 BILLION in harm plus 1.5 percent royal house on Apple ’s gross revenue , which come out to about $ 3 or $ 4 billion a twelvemonth .
Good luck with that , Florida man .
[ MacRumorsviaThe Telegraph ]
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