China's ZTE and Huawei Join the German Patent Fray

An anonymous reader writes "Germany has pretty much become the new Eastern District of Texas, the world's most popular patent battleground. After Apple, Samsung and Motorola, the Chinese are now going to Germany as well to sort out their domestic patent squabbles. Huawei and ZTE, arguably the People's Republic's leading wireless tech companies, started suing each other in April last year. On Friday the Mannheim Regional Court held a Huawei vs. ZTE hearing, reports a local patent watcher. Huawei says ZTE infringes a 4G/LTE handover patent and wants its rival's base stations and USB modem sticks banned in Germany. More clashes between the two are coming up in the same court and in other places in Europe, including France."

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Re:Pot calling the kettle black?

[houghi]

No, I do not find it ironic. All steal. All reverse-engineer. All sue.
One solution to all of this. Get rid of patents or at least see to it that they are reshaped so that they protect the individuals, not the companies.
e.g Dyson is somebody who these things are intended for. I am talking about is vacuum cleaner.
Now the bladeless fan is another matter and he should NOT get the patent for that,