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Infographic: Current smartphone patent infringement cases

By on January 24, 2012 at 7:32am in Mobile News


Everyday there seems to be a mobile manufacturer launch a new patent infringement case. It’s big business and companies spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year protecting their intellectual property. Just yesterday RIM was hit by WiLAN, and it was possibly revealed that Apple has already spent upwards of $100 Million in legal fees against HTC. Thankfully somebody has taken the time to make sense of some, not all, of the current cases. As you can see Apple seems to be on everyone’s radar – according to this chart they are involved in one way or another in 12 patent infringement cases, HTC has 5 and RIM has 4.

Source: IntoMobile
Via: PCMag

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26 comments for “Infographic: Current smartphone patent infringement cases”

  1. Apple’s motto: If you can’t beat ‘em, sue them!

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    Posted by Thai | January 24, 2012, 7:38 am
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      Posted by Nack | January 24, 2012, 10:42 am

    • Odd, I seem to see differently. Apple only has three active plaintiff cases. The rest they are defending.

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      Posted by briggs | January 24, 2012, 11:52 am

    • @ briggs if you follow the source link and the further link for the Techcrunch article Apple apparently transferred patents to Digitude Innovations, seems kinda weird seeing as how litigious Apple is of late, seems like patent trolling by proxy to me, if this is the case it would bring Apple up to 11 suits total, if you look at the Digitude lawsuits its targeting all of Apples competitors too

      Making them the lawsuit king

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      Posted by -DTECH | January 24, 2012, 9:39 pm

  2. I love how the only thing you pull out of this is Apple, Einstein.

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    Posted by sdf | January 24, 2012, 7:44 am
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  3. Did you even take time to look at the graph, Poindexter?

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    Posted by sdf | January 24, 2012, 7:48 am
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  4. Maybe instead of constantly fighting with eachother they should build a phone with a battery life.

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    Posted by Rhettimus | January 24, 2012, 7:51 am
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    Posted by :O | January 24, 2012, 7:52 am
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  6. Samsung was making phones before Apple was making iPods. Your point is invalid.

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    Posted by Dylan K | January 24, 2012, 8:31 am
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  7. You fansboys need a girlfriend,

    I guess Apple never learns, they lost the PC war with Micro$oft, now they are losing it to Android, so instead of up the ante do better, sue them, its the Americna way just sue them.

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    Posted by Zoomus | January 24, 2012, 8:40 am
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  8. Blame the U.S. Patent Office for all these so-called “patent infringement” cases. The USPO is solely responsible (irresponsible) by issuing patents on things that had no business being patented in the first place.

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    Posted by Netguru | January 24, 2012, 9:25 am
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  9. Google: Makes good notification bar for Android devices

    Apple: Has bad notification system for messages, improves and copies Google

    Google: Not bothered too much that Apple stole their idea

    Apple: Sues Google for having a similar notification bar

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    Posted by EvanK | January 24, 2012, 9:28 am
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  10. What I find interesting is IBM who has a large patent portfolio sues no one. Is it because they want innovation?

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    Posted by Flintstone | January 24, 2012, 9:33 am
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    • they just buy out everyone they deem interesting. Its quite a good strategy to be honest. Especially if you have the cash to back it up.

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      Posted by briggs | January 24, 2012, 11:55 am

  11. Probably because we’re talking about smartphones. IBM is not part of it.

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    Posted by Moi | January 24, 2012, 9:42 am
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  12. You guys need to stop focusing on Apple. Ya, they started the patent war, but it’s like WWI. They were just the match used to light the powder keg that was already in place. There needs to be reform in the way patents are handled, including the amount of time they are valid.

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    Posted by radapple | January 24, 2012, 10:25 am
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    Posted by ERIC_DERP | January 24, 2012, 10:28 am
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  14. Android a rip of iOS?? Are you mad?

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    Posted by marion | January 24, 2012, 12:07 pm
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  15. apple can go to hell with their patents

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    Posted by xdxx | January 24, 2012, 1:19 pm
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  16. And who is Nokia suing? No one! Good boy, Nokia.

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    Posted by Jesse | January 24, 2012, 3:57 pm
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  17. And the true winner of all these lawsuits???… the lawyers

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    Posted by RC | January 24, 2012, 4:11 pm
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  18. I love how all the comments that bash Apple have all been downvoted.

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    Posted by jokesallaround | August 31, 2012, 1:20 pm
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