Techdirt: Smartphones Patented... Just About Everyone Sued 1 Minute After Patent Issued
<blockquote><p>Reading the patent, you realize it describes the quite common smartphone. It's a patent for a mobile phone with removable storage, an internet connection, a camera and the ability to download audio or video files. The patent holding firm who has the rights to this patent wasted no time at all. At 12:01am Tuesday morning, it filed three separate lawsuits against just about everyone you can think of, including Apple, Nokia, RIM, Sprint, AT&T, HP, Motorola, Helio, HTC, Sony Ericsson, UTStarcomm, Samsung and a bunch of others. </p></blockquote>
Et après les gens du monde libre se demandent pourquoi les compagnies sont frileuses d'implémenter Ogg Theora. Tant qu'une technologie n'est pas implémentée par une société commerciale à larges revenus, il n'y a aucun moyen de savoir s'il existe un brevet même avec toutes les précautions possibles.

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