Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple

Re:Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple by Navarr on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @10:38PM (#12215187)

Apple did initially claim Facetime would be an open standard.

> Upon the launch of the iPhone 4, Jobs stated that Apple would immediately start working with standards bodies to make the FaceTime protocol an "open industry standard".

claims Wikipedia. Other websites also highlight the "open standard" it was supposed to become:

[1]: http://www.fiercedeveloper.com/story/facetime-open-standard-... [2]: https://redd.it/1xuzif [3]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2605498 [4]: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4547345?start=0&tstart=... [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaceTime

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Re:Judge wipes out patent troll’s $625M verdict against Apple by erlehmann_ on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @12:29PM (#12219175)

Whenever someone mentions FaceTime, I immediately think of this blog post “Steve Jobs sometimes lies to you”: https://zachholman.com/posts/steve-jobs-sometimes-lies/

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