Monday, November 29, 2010

Lawsuit: Apple v Nokia

The legal scramble is about to start, so get some more popcorn, fellow readers, all the best lawyers in the world are about to meet in the Apple-Nokia dogfight lawsuit.

In the blue corner, there are Nokia's lawyers, accusing their opponent of infringing on a range of its patent.
In the red corner, there are Apple's lawyers, actively preparing their legal team with the help of more lawyers specialized in tech patent infringement lawsuits.

To make it simpler, we'll quote Lyle Vander Schaaf, an attorney at "Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione" law firm in Washington, who works preparing cases for the commission:
“Usually you have one 800-pound gorilla going after a new entrant. Here you’ve got 800-pound gorillas fighting each other.”

Apple sits on $40 billion in cash, and we think Nokia would love some of that to compensate for its diminishing profits since the first iPhone got announced.
It seems that the tech lawyer field is certainly not affected by the financial crisis, and a lot of lawyers will walk away with fat paychecks.

Would you like to hear more about this lawsuit ?
Do you guys think this could affect us, regular consumers ?

29 comments:

MarkoManager said...

Good posts, i follow your blog everyday...

Unknown said...

go apple go

Astra said...

wow im interesting in finding out more about the lawsuit. nokia used to be the number one phone company in asia.

Anonymous said...

I would like to hear how much money the lawyers get paid for dragging out this case as long as they can. Also if the companies are forced to pay any settlement money. And just for fun, I hope Nokia wins.

Anonymous said...

I was expecting this to be about the suit itself... WHY are they battling again?

David Davidson said...

I hope Nokia wins, I don't really care too much for Apple.

tigey said...

@BokChod

Nokia accuses their opponent of infringing on a range of its patent.

SuciƓ Sanchez said...

I hope they rip each others t1ts off.

Willow said...

I doubt it will effect us, I just wanna see how it's gonna turn out lol

Anonymous said...

whoa, dont know which side I'm with

Vapor said...

If Nokia wins they should blast that annoying ring tone of theirs outside of Apples headquarters for a month.

David Davidson said...

I'm for nokia

Copyboy said...

My money's on Apple. I mean um Apple's money is on Apple.

Classically Trained Nub said...

Apple could go bankrupt and I wouldn't care less. I respect Steve Jobs. I admire what he has done. But they haven't made anything relevant or worth a damn since the ipod.

Fred said...

Ugh - I hate lawyers for this sort of thing...

Seion said...

How many lawsuits have they been involved in now? Seems it's not the first time.

Monster Madness said...

clash of the titans! haha

Anonymous said...

Nokia should win because apple has too much money!

Unknown said...

I need 40 billion dollars to sit on. Ill buy you all something nice. Really I will ;)

Das Auto! said...

who actually uses a nokia anymore?

Michael V said...

I hope Apple will win : )

Sam said...

I'd surely be interested in more news. Short term regular users will not be affected, but when the lawsuit ends and damages and legal fees will be established they we might feel a slight pinch.

Even so I think neither company will want this litigation to affect their clients, think it's more of a publicity stunt

SpringyB said...

Go Nokia, just for lulz.

Anonymous said...

more news !!

Anonfourtwenty said...

Wow, go apple!

i_love_weed said...

nokias dieing and this isnt gonna stop that...

killerkun said...

Bunch of pussies, like if they needed more money -__-

Alex said...

GO NOKIA!!!!!!!

Mihai said...

obviously nokia's way below apple now..

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