[Board] About "Interactive Map" patent application by Apple Inc.

[Venkatesh Raghavan]

Dear All,

I think the OSGeo should express strong objection to the "Interactive Map"
patent filed by Apple on 17 Dec 2012 [1]. The contents of the patent [1]
describe features that OSGeo software already provides for over a decade.

Best

Venka

[1] 
http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=2&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28715%2F771.CCLS.+AND+20131219.PD.%29&OS=ccl/715/771+and+pd/12/19/2013&RS=%28CCL/715/771+AND+PD/20131219%29