http://www.mobileworldlive.com/nokias-htc-patent-complaint-dismissed-by-german-court?elq=ce9bc372a78a4c5c9c9b50aaacdd63a4\
Another win for innovation and the world of mobile! I believe that the judges are catching on to the patent trolling and putting their foot down (well at least in Germany). This article states that Nokia “exaggerated the scope of its patent in order to extract unwarranted licensing royalties from Android handset manufacturers”. Since we have studied the narrowing of claims, I feel this judge's reason is one we can all understand and put into perspective. Nokia claimed that HTC infringed on what seems like the most vague claim possible, “Method for using services offered by a telecommunications network, a telecommunications system, and a terminal for it”. To me that sounds like they are trying to claim the use of mobile phones. It seems as if Nokia has brought this case against Apple as well and Apple had to settle. I wonder why Nokia did not going after every single mobile phone company if they got the big wigs at Apple to settle. Regardless, now that they lost im sure they will take a break from trolling and get back to the real work.
Thank you for the read Cory. It is an interesting situation how vague Nokia's claim on HTC infringement and like you said, now that Nokia lost, hopefully there won't be much trolling anymore.
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