Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements

Re:Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements by peterbessman on Friday October 01, 2010 @05:20PM (#1748803)

Maybe this is a dumb question, but why are they targetting motorola? Don't these patents apply to, well, every smartphone in existence? It can't be a matter of stupidity, so I wonder what made them decide to go after Motorola, and not Nokia, Apple, HTC, Palm, and everyone else who makes a phone with a "Contact Database."

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Re:Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements by kenjackson on Friday October 01, 2010 @05:30PM (#1748848)

Well you have to read the actual claims. The title means nothing... like literally nothing. It could be that in their patent they require the contact list to also show a nickname, and only Motorola does that.

Who knows, but you should never speculate based on the patent name.

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Re:Microsoft sues Motorola over Android patent infringements by glhaynes on Friday October 01, 2010 @08:42PM (#1749325)

HTC and Apple at least both have some licensing agreements with Microsoft that may cover these patents.

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