The More Innovative You Are, The More You Get Sued; Yet Another ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 11/18/2009 - 15:49

Earlier this year, we noted that Apple and AT&T had been sued for patent infringement concerning Shazam, the popular service for identifying music.

At the time, we noted how this was a clear demonstration of the difference between just the idea and the actual innovation.

Shazam has been around for ages, and despite having a good idea (ability to identify music just by hearing it), it struggled for many, many years until the iPhone came along, and there was...

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