UK High Court finds invalidity in Qualcomm's patent dispute with Nokia

Just days after the ITC upheld a December ruling that stated that Nokia did not violate Qualcomm patents, the UK High Court has handed down its decision on a lawsuit initially filed in May of 2006. If you'll recall, the case involved Nokia's GSM / GPRS / EDGE-only handsets and a pair of Qualcomm's patents "that cover certain power saving and power control technologies." Nearly two years after the spat got real, the court has ruled that "although the Nokia accused products included the patented technologies, the power saving patent is invalid and that the power control patent is partially valid but, insofar as it is valid, is not infringed by Nokia." Granted, we reckon that could have been spilled out with fewer complexities, but the end result has Qualcomm considering "whether to seek permission from the UK court to amend the patents and appeal the decision." Please, just let it go.

[Joshua @ Mar 6th 2008 7:04PM]

QUArreLCOMM

[phanbouy @ Mar 3rd 2008 3:26PM]

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[rock99rock @ Mar 3rd 2008 3:57PM]

QUALCOMM needs to learn to STFU.

[nh @ Mar 3rd 2008 4:05PM]

'amend the patents'?!? What does that mean, reword them to cover other people's creations?

Qualcomm seem to have got the UK patent system confused with the US one.

[xbit @ Mar 3rd 2008 5:39PM]

I love how the patent system works. Basically, you can patent any idea - it doesn't matter whether the idea is already out there or totally batshit crazy.

The only time the validity is checked is when a case comes to court, thus costing everyone involved lots of time and money.

Lawyers 1 - 0 Innovation

[phanbouy @ Mar 3rd 2008 5:43PM]

why oh why didn't i go into patent law?

[skulldriveshaft @ Mar 4th 2008 12:52AM]

because you don't want to be lower than scum sucking bottom feeders?

or you have a conscience you can't put on hold.

[skulldriveshaft @ Mar 4th 2008 12:53AM]

invalidity is the hotness

i love seeing that picture, reminds me of batman :]