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Nokia Sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Does anyone have a global map of this? by Grave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't keep track of all these lawsuits anymore. I just keep picturing an image of the globe with thousands of missile tracks as the world's tech companies try to obliterate each other with patents.

    1. Re:Does anyone have a global map of this? by strength_of_10_men · · Score: 5, Informative

      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 It's a few months out of date so needs to be updated, but still...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

  2. Sweet deal for Microsoft by walterbyrd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft cannot sue Android makers directly, because they all already paying Microsoft for the bogo patents. But since MS essentially owns Nokia, Microsoft gets to double dip.

  3. The stages of life. by lanner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Imitate
    Innovate
    Litigate
    Disintegrate

  4. Re:Not News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft is having a hissy fit and getting their bitch to sue because Google's bitch slapped them a good one in Germany. They're all trash.

  5. Not that new by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Although the following interactive graph is kinda outdated, it still illustrate the mess ---

    http://bl.ocks.org/1153292

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    Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
  6. Re:This is getting out of control... by No,+I+am+Spratacus! · · Score: 5, Informative

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