The court did not reach a conclusion yesterday. HTC is trying its best to defend itself by carefully analyzing and interpreting what a "network" is. According to the author, this is a common tactic of those companies who have been sued by Nokia for this patent. This is because the description of the particular patent Nokia is suing other companies on contains the word "network," but not "telecommunications network." Therefore, HTC's claim is that Nokia's patent is too broad, which is something that the court struggled to decide on.
This case was very interesting to me, not only because I was surprised to read about Nokia being involved in a lawsuit with HTC only three days after they came to a conclusion on another patent, but to realize how important and essential a description for a patent can be. I really look forward to reading about the court's decision on this case.
http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/03/nokia-sues-htc-over-feature-letting.html
i also did my blogpost on this FOSS article (focused on a very different point) and found it pretty interesting. in fact this is only 1 of the 40 patents nokia has asserted against HTC (again, according to FOSS). this whole wording issue only reminds me of how important lawyers / law firms are in the patent war. and really, its very exclusive to large-size companies.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that most companies defending themselves against recent Nokia lawsuits have a different interpretation of the word 'network'. And its also surprising how the entire contents of a patent could be based on the meaning of one word.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling Nokia is going to win this just because of their track record with Blackberry.
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