Nokia Sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 2, 2012 @02:09PM from the everyone-gets-sued dept.

angry tapir writes "Nokia has filed claims in the U.S. and Germany saying that products from HTC, Research In Motion (RIM) and ViewSonic infringe a number of the company's patents. Nokia has filed actions against all three companies in Mannheim's and Munich's respective regional courts. Nokia has also filed complaints against HTC before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the Federal District Court of Delaware and the regional court in Düsseldorf. RIM will also have to dispatch its lawyers to Düsseldorf for a Nokia lawsuit filed there, while ViewSonic's legal team have to defend the company against a suit in Delaware."

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Re:This is getting out of control... by crutchy · 2012-05-02 19:26 · Score: 3, Funny

companies taking each other to court over patents is becoming the norm
email and phone are so yesterday. all "now" tech companies will start communicating with each other via litigation lawyers.

how times change