Thanks, that is a much more informative comment than your original.
UK law is different to US law (apart from anything in the US a priority date at the time of invention rather than filing could be claimed) so it is quite possible one patent is valid and the other isn't.
I've looked at 'Data Detectors' very briefly and I think that you may be right. Looking just at the claims it appears to cover just about any data processing system which would obviously have massive prior art. I assume Apple are trying to say it should be interpreted more narrowly to avoid prior art but throwing it out would probably be the best result.
I haven't looked at the other two and you may be right although only the claims really matter rather than the example implementation details.
Apart from the troubling 'Data Detectors' patent I agree that there should be easy workarounds. The best justification for pressing these cases I can see is that they are trying to create and ensure some differences with Android even though they are fairly minor. It is quite arguable that this is a completely proper use of patents although whether it is worth the effort I don't know.
UK law is different to US law (apart from anything in the US a priority date at the time of invention rather than filing could be claimed) so it is quite possible one patent is valid and the other isn't.
I've looked at 'Data Detectors' very briefly and I think that you may be right. Looking just at the claims it appears to cover just about any data processing system which would obviously have massive prior art. I assume Apple are trying to say it should be interpreted more narrowly to avoid prior art but throwing it out would probably be the best result.
I haven't looked at the other two and you may be right although only the claims really matter rather than the example implementation details.
Apart from the troubling 'Data Detectors' patent I agree that there should be easy workarounds. The best justification for pressing these cases I can see is that they are trying to create and ensure some differences with Android even though they are fairly minor. It is quite arguable that this is a completely proper use of patents although whether it is worth the effort I don't know.