Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’

The patent war: Apple blames HTC

March 3rd, 2010

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In a recent statement, Steve Jobs, head of Apple said that HTC had used around 20 of their patented technologies to fuel the growth of its competitors like Google. Therefore they have sued HTC whose products are used widely in the smart phone market. He emphasized on healthy competition which would create more value to consumers by means of better innovation. However, we have seen before that Apple is no saint in this regard. Nokia, RIM and Apple were already in a patent war which is yet to be settled. This case against HTC is just another brick in the wall.
What makes such huge organizations commit such mistakes? Is it an intentional mistake or an innocent mistake?

Rogues

The patent war is not yet over

January 16th, 2010

It is now time for Kodak to sue Apple and RIM. Kodak says that the technology for previewing pictures is patented by them. These patented technologies are exploited in iPhones and BlackBerrys. Kodak has already filed a complaint against them in the International Trade Comission, USA.Now, With Apple, Nokia and Google already in news for the bad things this will add some more spice in the international patent war.

Roges

The patent infringement bug is spreading

January 13th, 2010

After Apple and Nokia, it is time for our very own Google to pay for the sins committed. In November, Google scanned 18000 Chinese books to please its insatiable customers. One thing which they missed was, paying attention to the suppliers. The 570 writers of those works expressed dissatisfaction against google’s act. And now the mighty Chinese government is on the verge of taking action against the mighty Google. The patent war has just begun!

Rogues

Nokia Vs Apple

December 30th, 2009

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Price wars, Political wars and now wars on patents. Today, with the world’s financial engine gaining momentum once again after the housing bubble, the coming years seem to be tough time for analysts.

Infringement of patents was seen as an integral part of emerging nations until recently when two top notch organizations from the developed nations jumped in the battle field arguing hard on the patent infringements.

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