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The patent war: Apple blames HTC

rohit — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:42:20 +0000

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

rohit — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:46:15 +0000

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

rohit — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:54:34 +0000

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

rohit — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:53:22 +0000

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.

In October, the lord of the ‘I’s (Apple) was accused by the King of ‘N’s (Nokia) for 10 patent infringements related to wireless data, speech technology, security and encryption technologies. Nokia, one of the largest player in the handsets market, has spend more than 40 billion Euros in the last two decades on R&D to develop such technologies. Nokia has agreement with more than 40 handset manufacturers world over for the usage of its technologies, however, Apple is an exception.

In early December, Apple counter attacked rival Nokia with 13 patent infringements!

And now Nokia has filed a case in International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple.

Nokia experienced first quarter loss after a decade whereas Apple touched profits of $1.6 billion, thanks to the growth in sales of iPods and iPhones. Nokia is finding it difficult to digest this and doing all sort of analysis to find the root cause. In the race to satisfy the shareholders both these companies are compromising with their brand values which is built over decades. Who will win this patent war? Apple, Nokia or other competitors

Rogues