____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 March 2008 16:53 : \____
> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Nokia lands another punch on Qualcomm
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Nokia has won another battle in its ongoing patent spat with Qualcomm,
>>>| though neither side is claiming the war is over.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/03/nokia_qualcomm_london_again/
>>
>> They've also just announced that they'll support Silverlight on one of
>> their Symbian handsets, too.
>>
>> Just when you thought Nokia might've been heading the right way...
>>
>
> Incidentally, in the article above, the high court kicked out the
> Qualcomm case on the grounds that the patents were not valid.
>
> One patent lacked novelty, the other didn't have an "innovative step".
>
> It would appear, as has been noted here many times, that the USPTO are
> handing out patents merely because someone is asking for them - the
> danger of a profit centre.
Nokia has former Microsofters poisoning the house. They guy who called Ogg
proprietary and recommended DRM is in Nokia, but he came from the Redmond
gang. It's like the BBC story (Erik Huggers et al). Nokia also has DRM deals
and they recently flirted over Windows Mobile (it didn't work out and
Microsoft's unit head jumped the ship shortly afterwards).
A friend of mine is studying this. He's Finnish and he knows people from the
company.
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