Nokia Sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

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."

Comments

Re:Does anyone have a global map of this?

[strength_of_10_men]

This isn't exactly a map, but it does show how twisted this all is. It's a few months out of date so needs to be updated, but still...

http://www.mobilespoon.net/2011/08/mobile-rumble-let-get-ready-to.html

Not that new

[Taco Cowboy]

Although the following interactive graph is kinda outdated, it still illustrate the mess ---

http://bl.ocks.org/1153292

Re:nokia may have a case

[iserlohn]

HTC adding fashion onto existing tech? Really? I'm no fan of Windows Mobile as well, but HTC created the first Windows powered smartphone right at the beginnings of the smartphone industry.

Re:This is getting out of control...

[No, I am Spratacus!]

I found it, or at least a similar picture:
http://facstaff.elon.edu/efink/images/lawsuit.jpg