Patent disputes Trigger executives ' "micro-Valley" war

The "micro-Valley" war has been in many areas of direct confrontation between Microsoft and Google, recently on the issue of patents again became the focus of media attention. The reason is that Microsoft and Google executives on their own blog to each other on the patent issue of the approach to scold, whether it is Google's chief legal officer David Dramon openly throwing competitors "patent trap theory", or Microsoft PR director Frank Show unilaterally display Google to Microsoft's internal original mail,　　These are the industry's rare high posture "on the curse Model", as many senior executives continue to add to the flames, "micro-valley" war to detonate at any time. August 4, Google Chief Legal Officer David Dramon (David Drummond) suddenly stormed, posted on his blog posts, accusing Apple of "patent lawsuit" as a means to crack down on the Android operating system. At the same time, Apple, Microsoft and other companies to bid for Novell, and then to Novell's patent. Dramon that the companies ' joint encirclement and suppression of Google is a complete envy of the success of the Android system. "Microsoft and Apple have always been enemies, and when these two companies try to partner, they have to watch out for what they are doing," Dramon wrote in a blog. Patents are supposed to encourage innovation, but now some people borrow the name of ' patent ' to hinder innovation, how sad! "Brad Smith, Microsoft's chief legal advisor, immediately responded by saying that Microsoft was inviting Google to buy Novell, but Google itself was unwilling to join the Brad. "Isn't it funny that Google has turned down Novell and now says we bought a patent to keep them out?" "Subsequently, Microsoft PR director Frank Show (Frank Shaw) joined the war, and 4 messages responded to the" Patent Trap Theory ":" We gave Google the opportunity to participate in our joint bid for Novell patent, they refused. " Why is that? Because they want to buy things that can be used to depress other companies. Therefore, working with others and reducing the patent burden across the industry is not something they are willing to do. "Finally Frank Show in the public Google sent to Microsoft's internal mail, confirmed what he said, but also do not forget to ridicule opponents:" Later to send a blog, please first communicate with colleagues, so as not to become a joke. "Google's chief legal officer, David Dramon, then responded, saying that Google's reluctance to join Microsoft in a bid for Android-related patents was to prevent Android from losing its patent protection and exposing it to the attack of Microsoft and its bidding partners. "Google will not jump into this trap," said David.　　"Between Microsoft and Google, because they are public on the Internet, so people all over the world has become the audience to scold, although the two companies have not launched the actual action, but the contradictions in the open and the seriousness of the problem is obvious." Events replay "micro-Valley" patent controversy Microsoft and Google this time onThe reason for the curse is that it has a wide range of technologies covering wireless, data systems, optics, sound, Internet, service providers and semiconductors, and even a variety of patented Nortel Networks, including web search and social networking technologies, have announced More than 6,000 of its patented assets have been auctioned off to technology companies at a price of $4.5 billion, including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony, but Google is not listed.　　A significant portion of these patents will involve Google's Android operating system, in other words, Google's Android operating system products will need to pay royalties to patent owners such as Microsoft and Apple after it misses a patent auction. Larry Page, Google's CEO, proudly announced in his latest financial results: "The number of Android devices that activate every day is 550,000, and the total device activation reaches 135 million."　　But the bright data won't cover Google's troubles: If Microsoft succeeds in charging 5 of billions of dollars in royalties from every active Android phone and tablet, it will cost nearly $1 billion a year to take away. According to industry experts analysis: "Such a consequence is to let competitors legally control your product costs, as long as the patent fee can not talk, you have the right to prohibit the sale of your products." Google's performance in the smartphone market in recent years has been a visible and a concern for rivals, but because Google itself lacks the patents on wireless telephone technology, it has been greatly constrained.　　"In July this year, there was an incident in which Apple used patent lawsuits to apply to the court for an injunction to stop Samsung from using its Android tablet computer." Curse the war behind the High-tech enterprises patent "infighting" is a long-standing, "the more patents, the more the right to speak, the more competitive, the more easy profit" has been recognized in the industry law.　　But in the light of past experience, disputes between patents are usually reconciled with multiple concessions. "Although patent disputes have been emerging over the years, there are really no big companies that are going to be overwhelmed by royalties," he said. "In the final analysis," says Locke, who has a deeper understanding of patent disputes, said in an interview with the Nanfang Daily, "in the end it is a matter of interest bundling, taking the patent dispute between Microsoft and Google, for example, to make such a huge profit for Microsoft, though as a competitor, But Microsoft also needs to weigh in on the profits. Only by tying their own interests to their opponents, that is the biggest guarantee of their own development. Locke's lawyer said the mystery. "A chicken who would lay a golden egg, who would not really want to kill." "Patent is not so much a technical barrier as a weapon that restricts each other." Mr. Wu, the industry analyst, expressed his views. Data show that, as of this year, the United States in the mobile sector a total of 270 lawsuits,All types of lawsuits in the United States are only about 1900, and most of these lawsuits are reconciled. For our Chinese enterprises, also more and more adept at using the "patent" this "weapon". This year, ZTE and Huawei have been caught in lawsuits and lawsuits over patent issues for the fourth generation of mobile communications systems (LTE). "For consumers in general, the issue of patents will not have a direct impact, the patent issue will eventually be compromised to the market."　　"Wu analysts believe that the patent is still focused on the enterprise level of competition." In October 2009, Nokia sued Apple for violating its 10 patents and asked Apple to pay the royalties it owed since 2007 when it sold the iphone. After Nokia sued Apple for less than one months, Apple also filed a counterclaim against the ITC, hoping to suspend U.S. imports of Nokia handsets and other electronic devices.　　Apple says Nokia has violated Apple's patent in electronic devices. In January 2010, Kodak said Apple and RIM's digital camera violated a Kodak Photo preview technology patent, and filed a lawsuit against the ITC for banning Apple and RIM's two handsets from shipping.　　In addition, Kodak also filed another lawsuit against the U.S. regional Court in Rochester, claiming that Apple violated the company's patents on digital cameras and some computer processing technology, demanded an unspecified amount of compensation, and ordered the court to order Apple to stop the infringement.　　In January 2011, Huawei filed a lawsuit against a US court to prevent Nokia Siemens from acquiring plans for a wireless internet business to protect its intellectual property.　　Ericsson filed a lawsuit against ZTE in Britain, Italy and Germany in April 2011, and Ericsson's chief intellectual property officer said ZTE violated some of Ericsson's patents involving 2G and 3G, or GSM and WCDMA. Huawei sued ZTE in Germany, France and Hungary on the basis of infringement of trademarks and patents in April 2011, including a series of patents infringing Huawei's data cards and LTE technology, and illegally using Huawei's registered trademark "RoHS" on its data card products.　　ZTE launched a counterattack: At home, Huawei violated its 4G patent and applied to the EU to revoke its RoHS trademark. Apple filed a lawsuit in the US in April 2011, with Samsung's Galaxy series smartphones and tablets and Nexus series smartphones accused of infringing products by Apple.　　April 22, Samsung announced that it had filed patent lawsuits in South Korea, Japan and Germany, accusing Apple of violating the company's patents. Samsung Electronics sued Apple in the US Delaware State Federal Court in July 2011, accusing Apple's iphone and ipad of violating its patents.　　Samsung also complained to the U.S. International Trade Commission (FTC) that it would immediately ban Apple from importing equipment containing alleged infringement technology. Nanfang Daily reporter Dan