maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - Nokia vs. Apple Patent Lawsuits and Countersuits

	juise-	2010-09-03 , 10:47
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Originally Posted by jutl

Interestingly the N900 is mentioned specifically as infringing on three of the counterclaimed patents...

I am not a patent lawyer, and didn't read the full descriptions on these patents, but:

The '647 patent

This shouldn't hold, as there is nothing non-obvious in the implementation (regular expression and hyperlink), after the initial idea (which shouldn't be patentable).

This one highlights nicely why software patents should not be granted.

The '981 patent

Sounds like they can sue just about everyone with this, if it holds. (of course it could be that everyone else has already licensed it)

The '905 patent

Ditto, as it's a feature of the chipset, and not something that Nokia implemented specifically for themselves.

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