Florida man suing Apple for $10B - Claims he invented the iPhone (in '92)

[Jim K Global Moderator]

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A Florida man is arguing he created the iPhone and the iPad, and wants Apple to pay him $10 billion for stealing his idea.

 

Thomas Ross, the irate inventor, is suing the tech giant, citing his sketches from 1992 as evidence that he was the revolutionary genius behind the iPhone — not Steve Jobs.

 

The drawings, which were sketched 15 years before the iPhone’s debut in 2007, bear some resemblance to Apple’s device; it's a rectangle with a screen on it.

 

By those standards, Ross could have also claimed to have invented the Kindle, the personal digital assistant and the Nintendo DS.

 

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More at the NY Daily News

 

 

When did the iPhone get a 3.5inch floppy drive?

 

Also...dumb frivolous lawsuits.

[adrynalyne]

*Sees Florida in title, walks away not surprised*