Sony Ericsson: Qtr4 $266m loss.

[VXIII]

Seece said:

VXIII said:

Apparently no , that's not the case with Sony in particular :

http://www.dailytech.com/Sony+Knows+Kung+Fu+Avoids+Microsoft+Apple+Android+Lawsuits/article23214.htm

Your point is still correct for the other manufacturers, Microsoft now covers 70% of the Android market in the US :/

Ah, thanks for the link. Wonder why Google didn't join in getting these patents if they were offered a chance ...

Well , found this on wiki :

"The last major asset of Nortel, approximately 6,000 patents and patent applications encompassing technologies such as wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, Internet, and semiconductors, was sold for $4.5 billion to a consortium including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Sony, pending American and Canadian court approval. (Google had placed the initial stalking horse bid of $900 million and later upped the bid to $1,902,160,540, then $2,614,972,128, and eventually $3.14159 billion, which are references to Brun's constant, Meissel–Mertens constant, and pi.) Bankruptcy filings state that Nortel owes former Canadian engineers $285,000 for patent awards that were not paid. ^"