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I find it very disappointing that not more companies are standing up to Microsoft. Motorola has already gotten 6 out of 7 of Microsoft's patents invalidated in
by nextparadigms 15y ago
I find it very disappointing that not more companies are standing up to Microsoft. Motorola has already gotten 6 out of 7 of Microsoft's patents invalidated in Court, and B&N will probably get a similar percentage invalidated in their case, too.
Even if they still end up paying for some patents in the end, it should be a much smaller sum, rather than paying almost as much as they do for the full WP7 license, which represents an entire OS.
- pavlov 15y agoBut how do you prove that the patent license is too expensive? It's just as possible that the patent price is "fair" and WP7 is being sold at below cost because it's doing so badly in the market.
- jsnell 15y agoThere's no reason to believe that these are an exhaustive list of patents that Microsoft will claim Android infringes on. If enough of them get invalidated to weaken the full case, won't they just pull out another dozen and continue the shakedown?
- kenjackson 15y agoEven if they still end up paying for some patents in the end, it should be a much smaller sum Why do you say that? Unless MS has come out and said something like RAND terms on the patents in dispute MS can charge $50B for the use of one patent if they like. If anything they may end up paying more because the defendent would have no recourse, having lost in court. If I were MS (or any company) and I just had a patent of mine validated by the court, which was integral in my competitors product I'd start raking people over the coals.