Nokia gives warning to ASUS and Google that the Nexus 7 infringes on wireless patents

6. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)

Because they are not Nokia!!! They only think about filling their pockets with cash!!!

10. Ravail (Posts: 182; Member since: 14 Oct 2011)

Umm im sorry, however, i must say.. Isnt the point of a "Business" to make as much cash as possible?

25. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)

Yes, but I believe in ethical and respectful business. And I can't stand that these companies blatantly ignore the patent laws and just do whatever they like.

32. ChiX017 (Posts: 308; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)

theirs a difference when it gets personal and greed sets in

49. daniel_bargs (Posts: 325; Member since: 27 Nov 2010)

because they are Nokia.

if this is Apple, you will be sued right away.
if this is Nokia, they will warn u first then if you dont talk with them... they'll take action.

i prefer Nokia's move. its like child and parent relationship... when your child breaks a vase, you should not slap them right away... you should tell them to be careful next time

15. Astreo (Posts: 102; Member since: 05 May 2011)

Uhh...what do you think Nokia is doing ? filling their pockets with cash from all those payments lol.

27. rnk.khch (Posts: 86; Member since: 30 Jan 2012)

Yes, but that's because they hold those patents. Similarly, they pay for patents that belong to other companies. They have always been honest and straightforward with the laws. It's not Nokia culture to cheat!

13. Otterbox (banned) (Posts: 71; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)

Because the Nexus 7 isn't released. Samsung released numerous devices that violated numerous patents though they never paid royalties for them.

21. frydaexiii (Posts: 1475; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)

You're really giving my favourite phone accessory provider a really bad name...

23. Otterbox (banned) (Posts: 71; Member since: 27 Jun 2012)

Samsung gave themselves a bad name. I'm assuming you are referring to Samsung, right?

28. frydaexiii (Posts: 1475; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)

I'm starting to think there's something wrong with the phone functions of the iPhone. I think it's emitting some radiation and frequency that screws up the brain. Almost all the Apple supporters here are either delusional or just dumb trolls, there's only like what? 2 Apple fans who aren't brainwashed and are willing to participate in an active discussion instead of making it an argument by sprouting nonsense and false crap. Too bad they aren't that active, I suppose because they actually have a life.

39. ilia1986 (unregistered)

Absolutely. I am even an Android fan who uses an iPhone (unlikely to change soon as eco situation got worse).

26. groupsacc (Posts: 232; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)

Royalties for rounded corners? LOL

42. SherlockHolmes (Posts: 125; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)

See Nokia is really Smart here !!
Nokia will have to waste money on filling and fighting the injunction against Google and Asus and in-turn if they won they can just ban the Tablet !! And this ban on Nexus tablet wont help Nokia even to a small extent as they do not make Tablets !!
So Nokia asked to make a deal so that they can get Royalty from Google and Asus and fill their pockets !!

11. skymitch89 (Posts: 1366; Member since: 05 Nov 2010)

The article mentions that "Nokia says that 40 companies pay them for a license to use the technology", so I would assume that device manufacturers such as Samsung, HTC, and Motorola are included in that license, and would therefore not need through Google.

20. Astreo (Posts: 102; Member since: 05 May 2011)

Maybe but remember that Google decided to keep their mobility sector away from their OS if i remember correctly.

41. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)

at least they are nice to ask them to pay up first, and not taking them straight to Lucy Koh..

35. babyk (Posts: 323; Member since: 03 Nov 2011)

good idea

36. smartphone (Posts: 160; Member since: 21 Oct 2011)

This is not a pointless patent. Apple paid 600m $ for infringing them its not like they are going after silly innovations like slide to unlock.
Patent licensing is a legitimate business.

44. bayusuputra (Posts: 963; Member since: 12 Feb 2012)

I would say that Nokia should go ahead with this patent.. as much as i hate patent litigations, but if the patents are real and not some vague, generalised ideas that have been around since rock age, then go ahead.. I mean, many OEMs have paid for the licence, why not Google and Asus? Just pay up, and all will be settled..

61. hepresearch (unregistered)

Fair enough. However, I just worry that in this day and age, for someone to start going this way can easily lead them to becoming sue-crazy like Apple...

63. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

Sad to hear that..... why? What happened?

68. hepresearch (unregistered)

Well, its complicated... really a whole life-time in the making, thus far. It just mostly all culminated in the last year or two.

Well, since you asked, I'll try to keep this short(er)...

Always had mental illnesses and disabilities since I was a child... I managed to go into regular school classes with most children my age, though, thanks to my parents really fighting for me and insisting that I was worthy of regular classes. Anyway, that helped me to get into college. A very decent one, in fact, where I could get a degree in my passions, physics and math. I got into fundamental particle physics, got to do a lot of research with the department and faculty, but eventually I ran out of money, and my health got a lot worse. I ended up having to leave before I could finish a degree.

A few months later, I met a lady who I fell in love with. After a year of dating, we got engaged and married a few months after that. This is where things took a serious wrong turn... for lack of a better term, my wife turned out to be a total harpee. After enduring physical and emotional abuse, her dreadful spending and debt acrual habits, and her adulterous activities, for three years, I could not safely live with her any more. I got a divorce, and in order to avoid her putting a two-year hold on the process, I agreed to accept most of the debt and abandon most of my possessions... so I was free of her in 7 months instead. I still had my last job at that point, but a year and a half later I was cut loose without any unemployment benefits (they claimed safety violations... thus, termination with cause, and ineligible for unemployment benefits). I searched for a new job for six months, unsucessfully, and then became very ill.

Turned out to be bone cancer, making me the fifth family member to get any form of cancer in that year (no history of cancer in our family ever before that). I fought it, and with the help of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, I survived my way into remission... I was one of four cancer survivors in our family that year, although two of us didn't make it.

Around this same time, I finally neared the completion of the process to file for bankruptcy (result of the marriage and divorce), and once my cancer treatments were over, and I could think clearly again, I finished that process. In May this year I received my Chapter 7 discharge, a clean bill of health (cancer-remission and unrestricted work-approval), and began officially looking for work again. I have been unemployed for 18 months now, without any benefits aside from Medicaid, and it is very difficult to find a job around here these days, especially with medical benefits which I really really need.

All I can say is... thank goodness my parents still tolerate having me around after all this time being back at home...