Patent granted on smartphones, everyone sued

According to Engadget, the US patent office gave the go-ahead on a far-reaching, non-specific application filed for a "mobile entertainment and communication device".

So the holders of the aforementioned patent have just sued Apple, Nokia, RIM, Sprint, AT&T, HP, Motorola, Helio, HTC, Sony Ericsson, UTStarcomm, and Samsung... amongst others.

And so eager was this company to sue, in fact, that legal papers were filed a day before the patent was granted, and subsequently had to re-submitted."

[via techdirt and slashdot]

emily | 4:37 PM | News, Buzz |
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