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kjk · 11-08-2011, 10:21 AM

RIM's patent litigation since 2000:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Researc...ent_litigation
Against: Handspring, Glenayre, Good
Sued by: NTP 2003 http://www.brighthand.com/article/RI...eath_Sentence/ , almost resulting in a complete blockage of Blackberry sales in the US (similar to what Samsung is facing in Europe)

Motorola patent litigation:
Tivo, RIM, Apple http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Pres...ment-344d.aspx
(Note the date-Motorola sued Apple before Apple countersued)

Tivo patent litigation:
Dish http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/te...-93405054.html Verizon, Echostar

I'm sure there are many more examples, not just in tech but, as covfam mentioned, in other fields as well. But it's difficult to find them all with my Apple-colored glasses on

Edit: I do believe Apple is approaching patents in a different manner than some other firms-they don't see patents as merely a way to get licensing fees from other companies; they seem to really believe they should have exclusive rights to what they have been granted patents to.

Neither approach really solves the issue of a broken patent system, of course.

11-08-2011, 10:21 AM	#33
kjk . Posts: 3,408 Karma: 5647231 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: never enough	RIM's patent litigation since 2000: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Researc...ent_litigation Against: Handspring, Glenayre, Good Sued by: NTP 2003 http://www.brighthand.com/article/RI...eath_Sentence/ , almost resulting in a complete blockage of Blackberry sales in the US (similar to what Samsung is facing in Europe) Motorola patent litigation: Tivo, RIM, Apple http://mediacenter.motorola.com/Pres...ment-344d.aspx (Note the date-Motorola sued Apple before Apple countersued) Tivo patent litigation: Dish http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/te...-93405054.html Verizon, Echostar I'm sure there are many more examples, not just in tech but, as covfam mentioned, in other fields as well. But it's difficult to find them all with my Apple-colored glasses on Edit: I do believe Apple is approaching patents in a different manner than some other firms-they don't see patents as merely a way to get licensing fees from other companies; they seem to really believe they should have exclusive rights to what they have been granted patents to. Neither approach really solves the issue of a broken patent system, of course. Last edited by kjk; 11-08-2011 at 10:25 AM.