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2010-09-27 , 13:04
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Originally Posted by jinx View Post
In every discussion about multitouch this point is achieved and argument about apple holding the corresponding patent is brought. I do not doubt that in any way. However, isn't Apple holding this patent in the US? It would be possible for Nokia to introduce on "rest of the world" devices, wouldn't it?

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jinxx
Good question. There are three major patent registration offices, USPO is only one of them, if you paid enough, any patent lawyer can help you file your patient to all offices, including China patent office. So we would not be surprised to see big corp like Apple and MS could file all their patents to all patent offices around the world.

Even when the patent is only filed at USPO, the patent owner can still file lawsuit against patent infringement in countries joint WTO(under some condition I skip here). Say, which major mobile market isnt under WTO?

Ask india, who is the major victim of uncountable patent infringement lawsuits, ever since they joint WTO.