THE iECONOMY <http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/business/ieconomy.html> Part 7: A System in Disarray The Patent, Used as a Sword By CHARLES DUHIGG <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/d/charles_duhigg/...> and STEVE LOHR <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/steve_lohr/inde...> Published: October 7, 2012 277 Comments <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-c...> When Apple <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/apple_computer_inc/ind...> announced last year that all iPhones would come with a voice-activated assistant named Siri, capable of answering spoken questions, Michael Phillips's heart sank. For three decades, Mr. Phillips had focused on writing software to allow computers to understand human speech. In 2006, he had co-founded a voice recognition company, and eventually executives at Apple, Google and elsewhere proposed partnerships. Mr. Phillips's technology was even integrated into Siri itself before the digital assistant was absorbed into the iPhone <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/i/iphone/index....>. [...] Continua qui: www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/technology/patent-wars-among-tech-giants-can-stifle-competition.html