EnTech: Ericsson sues Apple in Europe over alleged patent infringements following ITC investigation in US

Ericsson sues Apple in Europe over alleged patent infringements following ITC investigation in US


Ericsson is continuing its allegations that Apple has infringed on a number of its wireless patents, filing lawsuits against the company in Germany, Netherlands and the UK, reports Reuters. The patents concern basic mobile phone technologies, including both GSM and LTE.
The company previously asked the ITC to block iPhones from sale in the US market in respect of the same patent claims. The ITC agreed in March to investigate the claims.
Should Apple lose the cases in Europe, the sums involved would be relatively small, totalling between $240M and $725M according to analyst estimates.
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1. PhilBoogie says: I’ll never comprehend the timing of these lawsuits. If Apple was in violation on said radio tech, shouldn’t they have been sued in 2007?
   
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   • Paul Andrew Dixon says: Ericsson and other companies have on many occasions tried to sue apple… this particular case often crops up… it also takes time for it to reach the courts and then go through the courts…many times they are asked to provide more evidence which leads to more time… many large companies have spent a lot of money and several years in courts â€" smaller companies often don’t bother because they can’t afford the lawyers bills for a lengthy court case…
     
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   • Bruno Fernandes (@Linkb8) says: With patents, you don’t sue right away. That won’t hurt the infringer as much, plus they haven’t put significant amount of product into the marketplace to really go after them on willful infringement charges which increase penalties. No, you wait until the product is super popular and super important to the infringer, then you attack.
     That said, I’m sure there’s no merit to this lawsuit.
     
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2. sanderdk94 says: “Relatively small sums â€" three-quarters of a bllion dollars” lol
   
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   • Ben Lovejoy says: By Apple standards … And that’s the top-end.
     
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