Bluetooth Lawsuit

Krish writes "The Seattle Times reports that a local Washington state group is suing cellphone makers for patent infringement on bluetooth devices. Research conducted by a University of Washington undergraduate more than a decade ago has become the subject of a lawsuit filed against some of the largest cellphone manufacturers in the world. The suit claims that consumer electronics giant Matsushita and its Panasonic unit, as well as Samsung and Nokia, are infringing on four patents sold under the 'Bluetooth' name."

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Re:how stupid are these people?!

[MillionthMonkey]

The grandparent is correct. This is ordinary, lawful behavior, not "scamming", since the financial history and current success of the defendants is irrelevant. If that's allowed to have anything to do with it, then something's very wrong.

I daresay you'd file a suit yourself if you held a patent that you knew several cellphone manufacturers were infringing. Most people can easily justify something like that.