Earlier quoted context omitted.
You could sue GOOG (market cap: 167.66B); or, you could sue MOT (19.91B). Which one's a softer target?
Meh, all those billions still buys a gaggle of lawyers.
Both sides have an army of lawyers on payroll.
Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
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Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#32What I don't understand is why this is strictly against Motorola. What does the Droid line do that others do not to warrant this?
I gather from the other thread that Motorola used to run WinMo. When your customers don't want to buy your shit, sue them so they have to.
They want Motorola to build WinMo 7 phones. They sue because, if they didn't, nobody would bother to build them.
It's Extortion 101. You beat up one store-owner of the street so you don't have to beat up all of them. Nobody wants to be the second to be beaten up. You probably can't beat up all of them and that would serve no purpose.
I am surprised phone manufacturers - since they cross-license tech all the time - don't create a common defense fund for taking down there lawsuits.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#33What I don't understand is why this is strictly against Motorola. What does the Droid line do that others do not to warrant this?
Microsoft already got an agreement with HTC, looks like Motorola is next.
And that's why HTC declared it would build a line of WinMo 7 phones.
I doubt they would without this kind of... incentive.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#34If only they launched a WinMo 7 device... http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/362876/patent_protec...
Oh, if only these companies would sue them back. Maybe they'll sue Nokia.
That's why they won't dare to sue Google. When they do, it's time to dump all your MSFT stock (if you still hold any) because they have nothing left to lose.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#35What I don't understand is why this is strictly against Motorola. What does the Droid line do that others do not to warrant this?
You could sue GOOG (market cap: 167.66B); or, you could sue MOT (19.91B). Which one's a softer target?
Which makes their move even more despicable. Instead of going to the source they attack a small player. Microsoft was supposed to be rising above this now.
The best part, Motorola has a bunch of patents of their own. This will be interesting to see unfold.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#36Couple of possible reasons why its (just) Motorola:
1) they only need one to create FUD.
2) others may have patents that MS infringes on.
3) they are sending a message to other companies who have made MS phones in the past.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#37It is absolutely imperative that we all formulate our opinions in ignorance of the patents themselves. Pay no attention to the following words and numbers. Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,579,517 Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,758,352 Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations: 6,621,746 Radio Interface Layer in a Cell…
Maybe this is a dumb question, but why are they targetting motorola? Don't these patents apply to, well, every smartphone in existence? It can't be a matter of stupidity, so I wonder what made them decide to go after Motorola, and not Nokia, Apple, HTC, Palm, and everyone else who makes a phone with a "Contact Database."
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#38Our action today merely seeks to ensure respect for our intellectual property rights infringed by Android devices; and judging by the recent actions by Apple and Oracle, we are not alone in this respect.
Well, it does not make it right.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
They'll only sue you if you try to make money of it: "If You engage in the commercial distribution or importation of software derived from an open source project or if You make or use such software outside the scope of creating such software code, You do not benefit from this promise for such distribution or for these other activities... Software is deemed to be commercially distributed within the meaning of this pro…
Open-source means non-commercial now?
The never said that open source means non-commercial. They said that above and beyond being open source this promise only applies to these situations.
Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements
#40It is absolutely imperative that we all formulate our opinions in ignorance of the patents themselves. Pay no attention to the following words and numbers. Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,579,517 Common Name Space for Long and Short File Names: 5,758,352 Monitoring Entropic Conditions of a Flash Memory Device as an Indicator for Invoking Erasure Operations: 6,621,746 Radio Interface Layer in a Cell…
Maybe this is a dumb question, but why are they targetting motorola? Don't these patents apply to, well, every smartphone in existence? It can't be a matter of stupidity, so I wonder what made them decide to go after Motorola, and not Nokia, Apple, HTC, Palm, and everyone else who makes a phone with a "Contact Database."
Well you have to read the actual claims. The title means nothing... like literally nothing. It could be that in their patent they require the contact list to also show a nickname, and only Motorola does that.
Who knows, but you should never speculate based on the patent name.