Maurice,
Well thank you for the compliments, it appears that I have admirers when I take the "collective's" point of view. However, let me state for the record that I am an unbiased party. Whichever way the case goes down in Texas, it will neither cause me benefit nor harm.
So, what do you think of Ericy's claims?
Ok, one of their releases, Ericsson stated that a couple of their patent positions were strengthened by the US PTO. However, what Ericsson failed to mention was whether the invention had to be amended so as to narrow the scope. Technically, they are correct. Citing more art and arguing with an examiner, and the examiner agreeing, does indeed stregthen the validity of a patent in court. However, what means(there I go again) did they have to do to get it.
It will be extremely interesting when this case gets to court since all "cards" will be placed on the table.
Personally, I wish that both companies can find a little hubris and try to come up with a reasonable settlement. Give and take, that is what makes the world go round. And no, it isn't Ericsson give and Qualcomm take, or vice versa. <g>
dave |
