The ITC recently decided to award HTC a victory by not letting Nokia assert one of its patents. Last month, an ITC judge decided that one of nine Nokia patents that it is holding against HTC fell under standard-essential patent (SEP) guidelines. These types of patents hold a certain agreement between companies and one of those was that if issues raised about the patent they would have to go to court. Well they did, but nothing happened and now Nokia once again asked the ITC judge's to review the case. However, they dismissed it on the basis that Nokia claiming HTC's argument was "wholly groundless" was just not the case.
We will have to see what ends up happening between these two companies, but like most cases, they will settle or continue to attack each other. As a result of this sue-happy culture, many companies are forced to purchase patents just for defensive purposes and then attack companies if they sue them over something else. In this case, it seems like Nokia is just trying to find any excuse it can to attack HTC, even if they don't really have a good argument for it.
It's good to see that the ITC judges just decided not to deal with the case any more. This will let them move on and work on other things, instead of continuing to waste their time.
Great article Adam! It is definitely an interesting situation of what is happening between these two companies. And like you said, it is good to see how ITC rejected the case in order to move on. Thank you for the read
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