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Korea sues 22 phone companies

 
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bassexpander



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:37 pm    Post subject: Korea sues 22 phone companies Reply with quote

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21257.cfm?utm_source=newsletterENG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20100115
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ashland



Joined: 05 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Korea sues 22 phone companies Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21257.cfm?utm_source=newsletterENG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20100115


korea fights back with more advanced/patented technologies.
kudos to ETRI!
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Wangja



Joined: 17 May 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is almost non-news. Nokia and iPhone sue each other all the time over patent infringements and I don't doubt such actions are common too amongst all the other phone makers.
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Wangja



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another example - Kodak suing Apple and RIM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8460899.stm

Tucked away is

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On 17 December 2009, an ITC judge ruled that camera-enabled phones made by Samsung infringed upon the Kodak patent.
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bassexpander



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Local chaebols manipulating things to make up as much "lost to the I-phone" income as possible?
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earthbound14



Joined: 23 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the irony of course is that korean companies were built on copying...i know more than a few japanese folks still angry with koreans over it (another irony...)
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