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While the people Motorola have a ton of patents, it’s quite possible they are infringing on someone else’s patents with their phones. Intellectual Ventures claims Motorola Mobility is infringing on six of their patents and will seek a licensing settlement as a result of the lawsuit.
We have a responsibility to our current customers and our investors to defend our intellectual property rights against companies such as Motorola Mobility who use them without a license.
The company already enjoys agreements with the likes of Samsung, RIM, HTC and more. Scribd.com holds the details of the claim, including word of which six patents Motorola are infringing on. [via AllThingsD]
Who is the freakin company and what do they own that makes big companies pay them money?
I read that as “Intellectual Vultures”
They are a patent vulture. They make nothing, just buy patents and sue pople
wow how pathetic is this
Wow, I am going to patent the snow man and sue everyone who makes them this winter
Snowmen are the standard form of snow-play. You can’t discriminate against anyone. Everyone can use it and there’s nothing you can do. Suck it.
He’s just joking around, calm down a little.
You know, I think the patent system needs to change in that any company that owns patents that do not actively use them (i.e. develop IP that uses the patented technology) in a certain time frame (e.g. 10 years), the patent should become void or something because this is getting rediculous. I mean, at least with MS suing everyone they at least develop mobile software, wtf do these guys do but sit on the patents and sue?
“Portable Computing, Communication and Entertainment Device With Central Processor Carried In A Detachable Handset”
Isn’t that basically every smart phone?
“Portable Computing, Communication and Entertainment Device With Central Processor Carried In A Detachable Handset”
ya, if the patent rights were defined by the title. But they’re not. They’re defined by the claims. Read those first and then complain.
Nope only the Atrix, as its the only detachable one out there. if you were referring to just the title.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/441/when-patents-attack
i heard this a month ago on broomberg really good podcast