Yesterday, Posner scrapped a trial between Apple and Google's Motorola Mobility
slated to start in Chicago next week after he rejected the arguments
for damages because neither side was able to prove it was harmed.
The move is a welcome breath of practicality in this increasingly muddled and litigious world of technology patent warfare. Beyond competing in the market, technology players have moved to the courtroom as a second front, using patents to distract competitors and even ban products from coming into the country.
While these companies see some strategic or monetary gain to be had by this, virtually everyone else loses. Public resources are drained every time these companies go to trial. Consumers risk losing access to hot, new products, as illustrated by the temporary ban on HTC's One X for AT&T and Evo 4G LTE for Sprint Nextel. Apple wants a similar ban on Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III. Rather than focus on the task of building cooler products, companies get distracted with the litigation.
So it's refreshing that more judges are taking action to throw out cases, streamline the lawsuits, and even order both sides to hash out their differences. I applaud the move and can only hope this is the beginning of a trend.
Posner had been particularly aggressive in making the Apple-Motorola battle in his court more manageable.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57449607-37/even-judges-are-fed-up-with-patent-lawsuits/
The move is a welcome breath of practicality in this increasingly muddled and litigious world of technology patent warfare. Beyond competing in the market, technology players have moved to the courtroom as a second front, using patents to distract competitors and even ban products from coming into the country.
While these companies see some strategic or monetary gain to be had by this, virtually everyone else loses. Public resources are drained every time these companies go to trial. Consumers risk losing access to hot, new products, as illustrated by the temporary ban on HTC's One X for AT&T and Evo 4G LTE for Sprint Nextel. Apple wants a similar ban on Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S III. Rather than focus on the task of building cooler products, companies get distracted with the litigation.
So it's refreshing that more judges are taking action to throw out cases, streamline the lawsuits, and even order both sides to hash out their differences. I applaud the move and can only hope this is the beginning of a trend.
Posner had been particularly aggressive in making the Apple-Motorola battle in his court more manageable.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57449607-37/even-judges-are-fed-up-with-patent-lawsuits/
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