

Microsoft finds itself on the defensive for once




Customizable Live Tiles in Windows Phone 8



SurfCast designed a new concept referred to as 'Tiles'.





SurfStar v. Microsoft





Source: Prior Smart

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By Quadrillity on 10/31/2012 2:36:47 PM , Rating: 2
And someone explain again why these types of "patents" are allowed through. If Microsoft copied the programming of the tiles, then yeah... it's probably infringement. Other than that.... you CANNOT patent ideas.

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By nikon133 on 10/31/2012 4:36:35 PM , Rating: 2
Yeah, I was wondering. "...account and pay to SurfCast all damages caused to SurfCast" but what damages? Does SurfCast have product based on this IP, or at least are they developing a product based on this IP? Have they been making any money out of it and believe that they would make more without MS "infringement"? Is this anything more than idea - are there functional software routines/algorithms behind the patent?

In addition, based on that image, it seems SurfCast tiles are more like minimized/cropped version of full screen app. That seems to be a bit different concept than MS live tiles, but is it different enough, well, court will say.

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