Nokia Sues Apple Over iPad and iPhone Patents

[mouser21]

Intellectual property rights are government chosen monopolies...gov't choosing winners and losers. Who is anyone to tell me what I can do with my own resources? It's just information. If they own the physical silicon, then it's their right to say what to do with it, but if the silicon belongs to me, then who ethically has a right to tell me in which way I cannot arrange it?

Property rights evolved as a way to manage LIMITED resources. Information and ideas have no limitation at all and any such attempt to limit them is immoral and authoritarian by nature. You cannot control intellectual property cronyisn without controlling the people.

 

[HavoCnMe]

Eat'em up Nokia!

 

[war2k9]

Nokia lawsuit is not the answer to your problems.

 

[scott_madison1]

That bite out of the apple logo is from all the legal problems they have been having lately. I get it!!

 

[Trueno07]

Apple is probably a little concerned. They're so used to getting sued they only have Attack Tie Fighters in position and completely forgot to set up some turret defense systems.

 

[antilycus]

Court of WISCONSIN?! um i live here, they will lose because WISCONSIN is probably the most technology retarded state i've ever visited *visted about 25 states

 

[Guest]

I wonder why Nokia won't sue HTC or Motorola or Samsung or practically ANY other cell phone manufacturer for 'violating' every one of those 'patents'.

At least Apple had a few legitimate reasons to go at HTC.

 

[techd2]

??? How long has the iPhone 3G been out? And just now they are getting around to complain about it.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]techd2[/nom]??? How long has the iPhone 3G been out? And just now they are getting around to complain about it.[/citation]
I think it's more of a "stop being a bully" tactic, they were fine with others using this stuff but once Apple turned bully and went after HTC to try and stop them Nokia is doing the same to them. That seems the reason why they picked Apple and not the other phone companies, since the rest are not playing these stupid little lawyer games to stop a company from bringing out a product that could be better then theirs. It's a way of showing Apple they aren't the only ones who has attack lawyers and to stop while they are ahead.

 

[Abrahm]

I'm not a fan of patent trolling, and the current patent system is hurting technology more than it is helping it. With that being said, I'm pleased to see Apple getting a dose of their own medicine.

 

[zachary k]

i am not saying that apple does not deserve to get its ass kicked, but this is stupid. the whole idea of patents are stupid. someone makes something, patents it, does nothing with it, someone else comes along and does something better and sues just for the money.

 

[zachary k]

[citation][nom]techd2[/nom]??? How long has the iPhone 3G been out? And just now they are getting around to complain about it.[/citation]
no, they were waiting until they sold more so they can sue for more.

 

[Guest]

finally someone stands up to apple. it's no wonder i've always like nokia.

 

[socalboomer]

[citation][nom]dstigue[/nom]This is ridiculous. More patent trolling. Obviously location based services were coming. And smaller antennae? Can someone patent that? I want the patent on the small jeans girls wear. Because I want the right to tell them they have to take them off immediately or pay a cost. And I don't accept checks.[/citation]

smaller antennae? Of course, if you've figured out how to make an effective antenna that isn't tied to the existing physical limits that everyone else has had to live with (wavelength restrictions, etc.) then yes, you get a patent. That's entirely worth while - the yagi TV antenna (the common one) was patented in 1976 and rightly so. someone took the time to figure out how it worked and made it work. Take the light bulb from Thomas Edison if you don't like it - there WERE light bulbs before his incandescent bulb, but none that were effective. In fact, there was quite a bit of development and patents that came AFTER Edison's work. . .including a tungsten filament (Edison's was carbon - not very efficient).

equating it to small sized jeans that small girls wear? Well, if that was a transformative technology, sure. A smaller antenna that has the same gain rate but at a previously unattainable size, that IS transformative.

 

[vaughn2k]

Damn, it's about time!

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Interesting development.

 

[Guest]

haha thats the most fun news i've read in months. Funnily when i turned on this article, muse - knights of cydonia srated playing, fitting the mood perfectly: "no ones gona take me alive, time has come to make things right" ;D

 

[marney_5]

The Ipad is a sham!!! A SHAM I TELL YOU!!!!!

 

[marney_5]

The Ipad is a sham!!! A SHAM I TELL YOU!!!!!!

 

[varfantomen]

As much as I hate patents this made me smile, go Nokia.