In its lawsuit against HTC, Nokia has dropped approximately 40% of its claims associated with a patent that protects Nokia's method for transmitting and receiving radio signals through various radio interfaces of communication systems. Two other patents have already been dropped in this lawsuit. The first was a voluntary withdrawal of a calendar app patent; the other patent was dropped because of HTC's successful dismissal of a app-supporting communication network.
Although Google has not been directly named as a participant in the suit, the tech giant has pressed for Nokia to drop more of their claims on their patents. Google's Android platform runs on HTC phones and is likely interested in protecting their market share from Nokia. I would be interested to see if Microsoft, Nokia's sponsor, will step into this lawsuit to protect Nokia's claims.
At the moment it seems like behind the scenes it is Apple (IOS) vs Google (Android), with Microsoft (through Nokia) trying to enter the market. I think it is interesting that Google and Microsoft can almost hide behind the companies running their software but Apple is on the front line.
At the moment it seems like behind the scenes it is Apple (IOS) vs Google (Android), with Microsoft (through Nokia) trying to enter the market.
ReplyDeleteI think it is interesting that Google and Microsoft can almost hide behind the companies running their software but Apple is on the front line.
I agree with Josef. A lot of these companies like Nokia and Motorola are not associated yet with their tycoon owners who are really making the moves.
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