Bach Seat

TechEye points out a case started by Golden Bridge Technology (GBT) which lists 25 tech firms alleged to breach a number of 3G patents.  In the case Golden Bridge Technology (1:11-cv-00165-SLR, U.S. District Court District of Delaware)  GBT alleges the companies have breached patents 6,574,267 B1, and 7,359,427 on standards for 3G wireless communications including devices and base stations. The defendants, the filing says, have refused to license the patents.

GBT said its developments were adopted by 3GPP “as an important and necessary part of the 3G and UMTS standards.” GBT is seeking damages from the defendants’ alleged past and present infringement. All of the defendants, in one way or another, use GBT’s technology, it alleges. GBT is seeking damages from the defendants’ alleged past and present infringement.

The defendants in the case are:

1. Amazon (AMZN),
2. Acer,
3. Barnes & Noble (BKS),
4. Deutsche Telekom,
5. Dell (DELL),
6. Exedea,
7. Garmin (GRMN),
8. Hewlett Packard (HPQ),
9. HTC,
10. Huawei,
11. Lenovo (LNVGY)
12. LG Electronics,
13. Novatel (NVTL),
14. Option NV (OPTI),
15. Palm,
16. Panasonic (PC),
17. Pantech,
18. Research in Motion (RIMM),
19. Sharp (SHCAY),
20. Sierra Wireless (SWIR),
21. Sony (SNE),
22. Sony Ericsson,
23. T-Mobile,
24. UTStarcom (USTI)  and
25. ZTE (783).

In addition, it wants treble damages against T-Mobile, HTC, LG, Palm, RIM and Sony Ericsson, and lawyers’ costs.

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Like I have pointed out again and again and again, many firm’s business plan has de-evolved into patent trolling.

Does GBT deserve to collect a tax from every innovator?

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