Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements • Hacker News Board

Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements

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Post by tzs » Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 1:27 AM UTC

dminor wrote: post #22

GHFigs wrote: post #17

It 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…

With the exception of 6,826,762 these are pretty laughable.

How did you read and understand 9 patents in under an hour? That is a feat that would be quite impressive for a seasoned patent attorney familiar with the technology covered by the patents.

Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements

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Post by some1else » Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 2:06 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #3

If only they launched a WinMo 7 device... http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/362876/patent_protec...

Nice. Sell WinMo7 or get sued :-/

Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements

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Post by berntb » Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 2:55 AM UTC

Isn't there a business niche here, for buying self defense patents?

Slogan: "Send $X and the name of the company -- and we'll return a list of patents (and prices to buy them) which that company violate."

Edit: Grammar fix.

Re: Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements

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Post by houseabsolute » Sat, Oct 02, 2010, 8:21 AM UTC

orangecat wrote: post #58

houseabsolute wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess you are a Motorola shareholder or something? If not, is this likely to harm you in any way?

If not, is this likely to harm you in any way? If it contributes to Android going away and leaving us to "choose" between Apple and Microsoft controlling our computing experience, then yes.

That is extraordinarily unlikely. I can't think of more than one or two big products that have ever been totally shut down as a result of patent infringement. It simply is not done.