A lot has been said about so called “patent trolls” creating a ruckus with their abuse of the legal system in order to gain wealth. This practice of obtaining and using held patent rights to gain financial rewards by targeting larger, successful businesses for patent infringements has been greatly looked down upon.
This victimization of large companies has woken a sleeping giant and resulted in the formation of the Coalition of Patent Fairness in order to address the abuse of patent infringement. But, as we use to say back in the day, while big companies have their one finger pointing in accusation, there are 3 more pointing back at them. It looks like the big guys are going after each other as well. In what has become a highly competitive race for the best “smartphone” the big boys are getting a little dirty.
Although patent infringement is a legitimate concern, it seems to me that Apple and Motorola are getting a little petty as each has filed lawsuit against one another for technology “copycatting”. Motorola was the first to strike after filing suit versus Apple for tech infringements concerning the iPhone, iTouch, iPad. But Apple has hit back more recently after filing for tech infringement of their touchscreen and display application versus Motorola and their Droid phone.
And based on Apples choice of Wisconsin for the filing, it looks like they mean to take care of business fast. East Texas has long been seen as the location of choice, but due to the back up of so many patent litigation cases, Wisconsin is quickly gaining recognition as the fastest docket in the nation. Despite location choice, these two companies actions versus one another looks to have taken the edge off of what can be deemed as “unethical” business done by “patent trolls”.
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags: Accusation, Big Boys, Big Guys, Corrupt Nature, East Texas, Financial Rewards, Ipad, Iphone, Legitimate Concern, Litigation Cases, Location Choice, One Finger, Patent attorneys in East Texas, Patent Fairness Coalition, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringements, Patent Litigation, Patent Litigation abuse, Patent Rights, Ruckus, Sleeping Giant, Unethical Business, Victimization
This entry was posted
on Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 at 11:07 am and is filed under Attorneys.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
