Burst takes on Apple
p2p news / p2pnet: Burst.com, the small video-on-demand company which took on Microsoft for anti-trust violations, now has Apple in its sights.
And you can be sure Steve Jobs, already beset by growing DRM woes, is paying serious attention.
Burst developed what it called Faster-Than-Real-Time-Streaming and its suit against Bill and the Boyz succeeded to the tune of $60 million, the amount Microsoft was ordered to pay for non-exclusive rights to Burst’s media player software.
Company chairman and ceo Richard Lang had said Microsoft’s Corona streaming media product used technologies and trade secrets "misappropriated from Burst.com".
Now, Burst has filed counterclaims accusing Apple Computer of infringing four of Burst’s US patents. "In the counterclaims, filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco on Monday, April 17th, Burst alleges that Apple’s iTunes Music Store, iTunes software, the iPod devices, and Apple’s QuickTime Streaming products infringe Burst’s U.S. Patents 4,963,995; 5,995,705; 5,057,932 and 5,164,839," it states.
"Burst’s filing responds to a suit that Apple filed against Burst in January of this year, seeking a declaration that Burst’s patents are invalid and that Apple does not infringe them."
Burst says its counterclaims ask that Apple pay "a reasonable royalty" for, "Apple’s infringing products and services".
The company also wants an injunction against further infringement.
Also See:
misappropriated – Burst.com vs Microsoft, September 9, 2004
Burst – Burst.com Files Patent Infringement Suit against Apple Computer, April 17, 2006
