3.22.2011

More Patent Trolling, This Time Against Every Major Mobile Manufacturer

We just heard about a legal action by Microsoft against Barnes & Noble (to be fair, not quite trolling, but bordering on it), and now I’m reading about a new one, directed at pretty much every major manufacturer of mobile hardware. The patents allegedly infringed upon are related to the cameras used in the phones. And yes, it’s sketchy.

The company suing is one “Imperium Holdings,” based in the Cayman Islands. Yeah, that sounds legitimate!

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