brotkasten
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I posted this in the Google-Moto thread, but I think a thread is more appropriate. Lock if old.
And yes, they're a patent troll.
In March:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/17/mosaid.sues.dell.rim.many.over.wi.fi.patents/
May:
And July:
and Microsoft is obviously totally cool with it
Seeing how Nokia actually had success with their Apple lawsuit, this could change the patent war quite a bit.
http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2011/0...nadian-ip-firm-in-licensing-and-lawsuit-push/Nokia, believing it can capitalise on the strength of its patent portfolio, will see around 2,000 of its patents and applications acquired to Canada-based Mosaid, which will earn both companies additional revenues from settlements and licensing deals.
Nokias patents will now be owned by a new company formed by Mosaid, earning a third of the royalties from the patent portfolio. It wont pay Nokia for the patents, instead it is expected to generate income from lawsuits and settlements from potential patent infringers, which utilise patented ideas and technologies.
And yes, they're a patent troll.
In March:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/03/17/mosaid.sues.dell.rim.many.over.wi.fi.patents/
May:
(to be fair, they developed quite a bit of technology in that sector, before they started suing everyone)May 10 - Canada's Mosaid Technologies Inc , a technology patent licensing firm, said it initiated a lawsuit against DRAM makers Elpida Memory Inc , Buffalo Inc and Axiontech.
Mosaid said the three companies have infringed and continue to infringe about six of its semiconductor memory patents.
Japanese company Elpida, the world's No. 3 maker of DRAM chips, is the only major manufacturer of DRAM that does not have a license to Mosaid's semiconductor patents, Mosaid said.
And July:
http://www.marketwire.com/press-rel...-cellular-handset-patents-tsx-msd-1535569.htmOTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 7, 2011) - MOSAID Technologies Inc. (TSX:MSD) today announced that it is suing HTC America, Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA), Inc. for infringing three U.S. patents that are essential to all cellular telephones that implement the emergency 911 (E-911) standard, as mandated by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The patent infringement suit was filed on July 7, 2011 in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
MOSAID acquired the patent portfolio, which consists of U.S. patents and patent applications, and foreign counterparts, in early 2011. The patents enable cellular telephones to transmit the phone's geographic location when the user makes an emergency 911 call.
In its complaint, MOSAID asserts that HTC and Sony Ericsson manufacture and sell cellular phones in the United States that infringe MOSAID's U.S. patent nos. 5,650,770; 6,198,390; and 6,518,889. The cellular phones that infringe the asserted patents include navigational receivers, radio transmitters, switches, circuits, sensors and other electronic elements that enable cell phones to provide emergency call features, such as a GPS receiver that uses satellite signals to calculate the phone's location, and the ability to make an emergency call using only a voice command to the phone.
and Microsoft is obviously totally cool with it
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-weighs-in-on-mosaid-nokia-patent-deal/10523When I asked, Microsoft e-mailed me the following statement, attributable to Horacio Gutierrez, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel:
Over the years, Nokia has developed one of the worlds highest-quality patent portfolios in the mobile phone industry, representing decades of innovation as a worldwide leader in the field. We are pleased to have secured a license to the Nokia patents now acquired by MOSAID for Microsofts products and services. In return, we have a passive economic interest in the revenue generated from the licensing of those patents to third parties. The marketplace for intellectual property is incredibly dynamic today, and this agreement is an effective way to make these Nokia innovations available to the industry and to unlock the considerable value of this IP portfolio.
Seeing how Nokia actually had success with their Apple lawsuit, this could change the patent war quite a bit.