Apple had to use Kane Kramer’s patents and drawings to defend itself in the Apple v Burst.com legal case with no choice but to admit Kane Kramer is the inventor behind the iPod.
Kramer’s invention was called the IXI, invented in 1979, stored 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip and Mr. Kramer believed its capacity would improve. His sketches at the time showed a credit-card-sized player with a rectangular screen and a central menu button, very similar to the iPod. But in 1988, after a boardroom split, he was unable to renew patents and the technology became public property.
Apple flew Kramer out from the UK to California to testify on their behalf.The Apple v Burst.com case has been settled confidentially out of court and Kramer is negotiating with Apple to gain some compensation from the copyright that he owns on the drawings. But so far he has received only a consultancy fee for providing his expertise in the legal case plus an iPod that last for eight months before it broke down.
Kane’s latest invention is Monicall - a system for making conversations into enforceable and legally binding agreements.
It will allow people to have phone calls recorded and emailed to the various parties as an audio file.
It will speed up business deals and provide a low-cost third-party witness to conversations and agreements.
A deal will be done on the phone and that is it – an audio file gets emailed over within 30 seconds.
Kramer’s invention was called the IXI, invented in 1979, stored 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip and Mr. Kramer believed its capacity would improve. His sketches at the time showed a credit-card-sized player with a rectangular screen and a central menu button, very similar to the iPod. But in 1988, after a boardroom split, he was unable to renew patents and the technology became public property.
Apple flew Kramer out from the UK to California to testify on their behalf.The Apple v Burst.com case has been settled confidentially out of court and Kramer is negotiating with Apple to gain some compensation from the copyright that he owns on the drawings. But so far he has received only a consultancy fee for providing his expertise in the legal case plus an iPod that last for eight months before it broke down.
Kane’s latest invention is Monicall - a system for making conversations into enforceable and legally binding agreements.
It will allow people to have phone calls recorded and emailed to the various parties as an audio file.
It will speed up business deals and provide a low-cost third-party witness to conversations and agreements.
A deal will be done on the phone and that is it – an audio file gets emailed over within 30 seconds.
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