Post #15: Samsung v. Ericsson

The never ending patent war continues, and this time with Samsung and Ericsson.  Ericsson attempted to add 15 new claims against Samsung, but they were successful in blocking them.  Judge David Shaw sat on the case and was the person who prevent Ericsson from going through with the case.  Since Ericsson also already has over 100 claims against Samsung, adding 15 more would further delay the overall outcome of the investigation and it's getting to the point for everyone that it is just ridiculous.

I find it unbelievable that even though Ericsson has asserted over 100 claims against Samsung that they want to keep adding more.  Even though they know that there is a tight schedule and just adding more claims will only make the investigation go on longer, they are willing to take the risk.  Clearly Ericsson, instead of focusing on other areas, perhaps innovation, because when was the last time anyone even used an Ericsson phone or device for that matter, they want to push these litigation cases.  I hope this Ericsson realize just how childish they are acting.

Post #14: ITC Decides to Not Review Patent. Again.

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.