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Nokia Add Claims to Apple

Nokia mobile phone producers back on Apple’s sue the alleged patent infringement. No less than 7 (seven) mentioned patents have been violated.

Nokia filed back its claim that Apple Inc. violated patents owned by the phone company from Finland that. This time the proposal made at the district court in Delaware, United States.

This demand is essentially the same as the previous charges filed by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

What are the patents that a problem? Here is a brief description and general description:

  • 6,073,036, “Mobile station with touch input having automatic symbol magnification function,” 2000. Explaining how to work a touch-based screen.
  • 6,262,735, “Utilizing the contents of a message,” 2001. Describes a method to deliver orders for devices with touch user ‘character-based messages.
  • 6,518,957, “Communications device with touch sensitive screen,” 2003. Explaining communication device with a touch screen, with the touch screen can be turned off if necessary, for example when being used for talking.
  • 6,714,091, “VCO with programmable output power,” 2004. Describes a method to reduce loss of power by using a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) which is equipped with a microcontroller.
  • 6,834,181, “Mobile communication devices and related construction method,” 2004. Describes a method combining cell phone antenna and speakers in one room to increase bass response.
  • 6,895,256, “Optimized camera sensor architecture for a mobile telephone,” 2005. Explaining about the lens and sensor combine to construct a digital camera on the phone.
  • 6,924,789, “User interface devices,” 2005. Explaining about the keypad on the touch screen that can accept kapasitatif with touch input or ‘shift finger’.

In its claim, the Nokia mentioned patents are very important in achieving success in the marketplace. Patents are called to give a chance to Nokia to deliver unique products than its competitors.

Apple products are accused of cheating Nokia

Problems between Nokia against Apple in the courts increasingly stringent. Nokia is now expanding the scale of the lawsuit, claiming that almost all Apple products infringe patents owned by them.

The world’s largest mobile phone company that registered the complaint at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Related abuse complaints made 7 patents related to technology, user interface, camera, antenna and power management.

Motorola accuses Apple uses patented technology without permission to make a variety of key features in Apple products. Products mentioned include computers and iPod music player. Currently, ITC is studying the complaint that if true Nokia, may have an impact on the import or export ban on Apple products.

Earlier in October, Nokia had to drag Apple into the green table. Apple accused of injuring 10 patents Nokia is being used without permission on the phone the iPhone. Afterward, Apple turns back and sued Nokia Nokia is also charged with violating several aspects of technology in the iPhone.

Related complaint that launched the latest Nokia, the Apple is still declined comment. The analysts argue, the dispute between Nokia versus Apple is potentially involve hundreds of millions of dollars and take years to complete.

Because of camera iPhone, Apple in the report to the court

courtIf all this was the spirit of Apple’s sue various vendors judged violate patent rights, now turn to the company that Steve Jobs is a lawsuit from another company. Patents issue became the trigger.

Companies that require Apple to court it was St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants (SCIPC). The company accused Apple has violated patents related to the camera technology used in iPhone.

Looks like Apple could not see the eyes of this lawsuit. Because, if you see SCIPC story, this company has won a lawsuit over a number of leading companies, such as Canon in 2003 (worth U.S. $ 35 million) and Sony in 2001 (U.S. $ 25 million).

Meanwhile, a number of other leading companies, such as LG, Motorola and Sanyo chose the path of peace by paying for a license to use the technology SCIPC who has been registered.

Specifically, Apple has pointed SCIPC infringes any patent number 5,138,459 entitled “Electronic Still Video Camera with Direct Personal Computer (PC) Compatible Digital Output Formal.”

Not yet clear whether Apple will take peaceful steps or choose the legal path to deal with lawsuits from this SCIPC.

Apple Want ‘Killing’ impostor

appleSpecialEventApple angry with a company called Psystar is accused of violating copyright. Apple asks judge in California court to stop completely the sale of Psystar products.

“If not so, Psystar is not going to stop doing illegal deeds, which hurt Apple’s business and brand,” said the Apple.

Apple and Psystar have been fighting in court since July 2008. Apple accused Psystar violated its patent rights 8. Indeed, Psystar sells similar software that Apple’s operating system, OS X.

Earlier this month, Apple has won in one case. Judge William Alsup decided Psystar violating Apple’s rights to reproduce the operating system OS X.

In his complaint, Apple also asked a number of fines. But the company Steve Jobs founded this state though akhinya given fines, stay will not equal the damages suffered by Apple’s Psystar action.

Therefore, the court forbade Apple Psystar hopes to sell products similar to Apple products. This is to prevent other vendors are inspired to do the same thing.

Motorola Success leave Apple

brand-indexCompetition is raging between Apple and Motorola are increasingly heated. Both could attack each other through advertising to bring down one another.

Now Motorola can smile happy, because according to one study, a new brand just launched this phone surpasses Droid iPhone Apple products over brand loyalty among young men aged 18 years and over.

This was revealed by the statistics YouGov’s BrandIndex. This statistical data indicates that loyalty to Apple’s score dropped from 48.1 to number 22 in the last week, so place it in position under Motorola. Nokia itself is relatively stable, from 32.3 to 29.3 score.

Scale used in this study between -100 and 100. The data collected from interviews with 5,000 people on each working day with a sample population of United States citizens. YouGov himself doing more than 1, 2 million interviews per year, with a margin of error of + / – 2 percent.

“Motorola has shown that loyalty to the brand is not affected by the attacks carried out AT & T (iPhone operator in the U.S.),” said YouGov.

This study also shows that the ad campaign and operator Motorola, Verizon to introduce Droid proven effective. Despite losing from Motorola, at least Apple is still a little relieved because it is still superior to any other competitor, the BlackBerry.

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