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Microsoft Sues Barnes and Noble over Android
http://www.geekwire.com/2011/breakin...-noble-android
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Will MS refund HTC's money if BN wins?
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03-21-2011, 04:15 PM | #3 |
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03-21-2011, 04:28 PM | #4 |
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Because bankrolling SCO worked so well for them....
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Contrary to popular belief, most patent license deals betwen big companies don't involve money or drag on forever, as most companies have their own patent portfolios they can cross-license in lieu of cash. They just need to negotiate the exchange value of their individual portfolios and the terms of the licenses. In some patent deals, MS has actually ended up paying the other outfit when *their* patents outweigh the value of the MS patent. It is usually the johnny-come-latelies of the world with no patents to call their own in a given business that end up in trouble or paying cash. Unlike HTC or Amazon (for example), B&N has zero tech IP to their credit so their choices are to pay for all the licenses or fight and pay the lawyers. Apple's fight with Nokia comes from the same issue; Apple had zero history in communications before the iPhone and their portfolio of patents (in media and software) is useless to Nokia so off to court they go. These fights are unavoidable because patents, like trademarks, have to be asserted to be valid. And because Google, unlike MS, does NOT offer patent indemnization to their Android licensees. In other words: you get what you pay for. |
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03-21-2011, 05:17 PM | #7 | |
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03-21-2011, 05:58 PM | #8 |
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OMG....
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03-21-2011, 07:04 PM | #9 |
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Is it even possible to develop any kind of software in the US anymore?
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03-21-2011, 11:04 PM | #11 |
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new business strategy. install some double agent plants in the patent office. get anything u want patented and start suing everyone.
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03-22-2011, 06:27 AM | #12 |
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Seems to be the way.
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03-22-2011, 06:35 AM | #13 |
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Isn't Android owned and developed by Google? If so why are B&N getting sued? Google too big for Microsoft to chase after? Talk about the big boys going to the kiddies sand pit to kick over sand castles.
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03-22-2011, 06:54 AM | #14 | |
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Unless I'm mistaken the lawsuit is over the way the books/catalog is displayed on the Nook. Not really about Android, but the User Interface. |
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03-22-2011, 08:13 AM | #15 |
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The patents include stuff like
Enable display of a webpage’s content before the background image is received, allowing users to interact with the page faster; Permit users to easily select text in a document and adjust that selection; and Provide users the ability to annotate text without changing the underlying document. MS also patented the status bar, apparently. Poor Tim Berners-Lee must be kicking himself for not patenting the whole freaking WWW! http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/ |
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