Nokia vs. HTC in Germany and the UK #12

Nokia is asserting that HTC smartphones and tablet computers running Android versions 2.3 ability to decode VP8 videos. Specifically, Nokia is suing the Germany and UK branches which were presided by Judge Andreas Voss. Nokia based the infringement allegation on what the specifications of the Google-controlled VP8 standards say, which means that Nokia believes their patent has large claim over the VP8 market. Google is therefore participating in the lawsuit as a third party intervenor. A decision on the German case will be presented on May 3, of this year but will have no effect on the UK decision. If the decision goes in HTC and Google's favor, Nokia can still appeal on the grounds that they believe many of their other patents are infringed by VP8.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY11lnGUy5w

Apple Violates Page Limit Ground Rules #11

On September 5 2012, AJL Pender (who I assume is a Judge) granted HTC Corp.'s motion to cut Apple's Pre Hearing Brief for failure to comply with ground rule 9.2, which provides a page limit to briefs. In other words, the International Trade Commission actually has a page limit for the amount of information and claims that can be covered in any given brief. Ground Rule 9.2 asserts that “The pre-hearing brief shall be a complete stand-alone document” that “shall not exceed one-hundred seventy-five (175) pages and shall have no more than fifty (50) pages of relevant attachments." The article seems to stipulate that Apple was penalized because of a simple breach in a page limit ground rule. Although as university students we are all too accustomed to the concept of page limits and formatting rubrics, I feel that when so much money and credibility is at stake with billion dollar companies, such trivial matters should not matter. The fact that HTC gained an upper hand on Apple simply because of a breach in the technical page limit format seems ludicrous to me and something that should perhaps be reevaluated when discussing patent litigation for Electronic Devices with Communication Capabilities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJJL3Ufnv0g