Phone patent litigation

In 2010, there was an explosion of litigation between companies developing third-generation mobile phones.

As well as filing litigation in the courts, many cases were filed with the United States International Trade Commission to block imports and exports. No such blocks have yet been put in place (as of August 2010).

As well as filing a lawsuit, many patent holders also file a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission to ban the import of the product in question.

Lawsuits filed

Oldest first:

• Apple v. HTC, early 2010
  • Plus a HTC v. Apple counter suit, May 2010
• Nokia v. Apple, 2010
• Eric Gould Bear v. Apple, May 2010
• Oracle v. Google, August 2010
• Microsoft v. Motorola, October 2010

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• List of lawsuits - longer, general list
• Patent non-aggression pacts
• Blocks competing software, reducing choice
• GSM - patents prevent computers from making phonecalls

External links

• What the mobile patent fight is all about, 3 May 2010, InfoWorld
• An Explosion of Mobile Patent Lawsuits, 4 Mar 2010, New York Times blogs
• Bear and Monkey smack Apple with patent suit, 15 May 2010, The Register
• MPEG-LA-owned Patent Troll Sues Smartphone Makers, 26 Aug 2010, OSNews
• NTP charges Apple, Google, others infringed on patents, 9 July 2010, ComputerWorld
• A Bird's Eye View of the HTC/Nokia/Apple Patent Litigations, 29 Aug 2010, Groklaw
• Android caught in a crossfire of patents, 3 Oct 2010, by Florian Mueller