Daniel Porter
Jun 8, 2012

Patent wars: this is just getting silly

Justices at all levels are becoming increasingly displeased with the antics of the big smartphone manufacturers as they continue to attack each other with excessive patent litigation. Though it's nice to think that this sort of judicial action could start to send a message to the big tech companies, it seems unlikely that one or two dismissed cases will prevent further excessive litigation, but at least it's a start.

U.S. judge cancels Apple-Google phone patent trial | Reuters
(Reuters) - A federal judge canceled a scheduled June 11 trial between Apple Inc and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit over patents related to mobile phones and tablet computers, and expects to dismiss