[opendtv] MobileMedia's Unusual Patent Infringement Campaign
- From: Kon Wilms <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 18:11:31 -0700
One of the latest in the trend:
This week: A closer at the holding company behind recent suits against
smartphone makers Research in Motion, HTC, and, most interestingly,
Apple.
MobileMedia Ideas LLC didn't create a big stir when it launched in
January. Instead, the holding company simply issued a press release in
which it let the world know that it would "make available" its
innovations, (which is, of course, generally considered to be
patent-speak for, "We will be suing people shortly"). MobileMedia,
which holds 122 patents it acquired from Sony and Nokia, was even
quieter when it acted on its euphemistic pledge in March by filing
separate infringement suits against three leading smartphone makers.
There's nothing new or unusual about a patent-holding company tossing
a few lawsuits against the wall to try to wring some cash out of the
smartphone industry, which has lately become crowded with lawsuits
filed by holding companies and competing companies alike.
What is unusual is who owns MobileMedia: MPEG-LA
...
http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/04/mobilemedia-ideas-v-apple.html
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