Hey, everybody! Apple's being sued! It's in good company, though, as it's a co-defendant with a number of other companies, including Microsoft and Lenovo. The plaintiff appears to be a pure patent troll that in 1994 and 1995 patented "program authorization information," which was defined so vaguely as to cover just about any OS-level security measures to prevent viruses from infiltrating a computer. (Naturally, the plaintiff does not produce or sell any products based on its patented invention.)
A bigger problem, though, is the issue of lawsuits over Steve Jobs' health. The question is: how much right does the investor community have to detailed and up-to-the-minute information on the company's leader's health? The question is an unsettling one, and indicates that, as much as individuals who work for companies may be very private people, the "public" in "publicly traded corporation" is there for a reason.
Look up HIPPA, a federal regulation,which shows that no one has the right to any one's health info unless the patients authorizes it. Jobs did not so I guess you're all SOL.
by Anonymous (not verified) on 1/20/09 at 10:27 am |reply
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Jobs' protruding cheekbones are a sign he's got months to go before either a miracle or hospice.
by nickjacket (not verified) on 1/23/09 at 6:47 pm |reply
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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