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Pennsylvania Man Sues Apple Over Web Carousel Use

Pennsylvania resident Samuel Lit has hit Apple with a lawsuit claiming that the company infringed on his patent for web carousels, according to documents filed (https://www.scribd.com/document/317737403/Samuel-Lit-Lawsuit) in the Northern Illinois District Court (via (http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/07/07/apples-use-of-web-carousels-target-of-new-patent-lawsuit) AppleInsider). Apple's website typically features a homepage with a carousel containing four to five windows displaying its products.





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Lit owns U.S. Patent No. 8,793,330 (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&amp;r=1&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PTXT&amp;S1=8,793,330.PN.&amp;OS=pn/8,793,330&amp;RS=PN/8,793,330), which is a "system and method for displaying graphics, art, text, animation, video and other content." It's described as a "three-dimensional 'Display Carousel' system" that can cycle through its windows in a rotating manner that makes it look like a carousel at a predetermined speed.





The lawsuit claims that Apple's website, which also has a system that cycles through windows in a rotating manner at a predetermined speed, infringes some or all of the 20 claims of the patent. Some of Apple's infringements on Claim 16 include having a "system for displaying content," a "display carousel embedded" into the website, a display engine to deliver the carousel content when its on a web browser, and a database to track how many customers purchase things linked from the carousel.





Lit is seeking "reasonable" royalties with interest. While Lit is a radio broadcaster, he used to work (http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/bp6/samlit.html) with software systems and engines for Hy Lit Radio Technologies, which was named after his father Hy Lit, another radio broadcaster. He previously attempted to monetize his patent via a website called YourDisplayCarousel.com but the site shut down in December.

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