 |
 |
ICC goes on lawsuit spree, sues Apple, others over patent
|
|
|
|
|
MacNN Staff
Join Date: Jul 2012
Status:
Offline
|
|
A "patent troll" type company that owns a single patent (not their own invention) has added Apple and its FaceTime and and Messages to a long list of companies it is suing for patent infringement. The patent, granted in 2006, concerns "an inter-carrier messaging service providing phone number only experience." It was assigned to the Texas company Intercarrier Communications expressly for the purpose of suing other companies. Apple and a number of other companies have been sued over the patent in the last week. The suits, filed in eastern Virginia district court, are against Apple, Broadsoft, Inerop Technologies, Iris Wireless, Mobiweb and others. Judge John A. Gibney will be the presiding judge, and no trial date has yet been set. Apple, as the most valuable publicly-traded company in the world and one that is sitting on an enormous cash reserve, is a tempting target for non-practicing entities and companies that believe they can leverage cash for their patents out of the company.
Intercarriers Communications v. Apple
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: USA
Status:
Offline
|
|
yawn, these patent lawsuit articles are getting real boring.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jul 2006
Status:
Offline
|
|
Originally Posted by macjockey 
yawn, these patent lawsuit articles are getting real boring.
To us they're boring, but to a patent troll it's all they live for.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Excellent, the sports issue is within arm's reach, I'll be here all day.
Status:
Offline
|
|
APT: another patent troll 
|
|
This one time, at Boot Camp, I stuck a flute up my PC.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
|
|
Forum Rules
|
|
|
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
|
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top
