“Largely unknown patent holder LVL Patent Group late last week quietly sued much of the US cellphone business and beyond for alleged patent violations,” Electronista reports.
“It claims that the iPhone, many Android devices, Symbian, and basic feature phones as well as their carriers violate one or more of a group of four generic patents, including data transaction servers and devices for entering transactions,” Electronista reports. “Most of the patents were issued in or before 2000, but one of the device patents was only live on September 13, two days before the lawsuit was filed.”
Electronista reports, “Among the phone makers, Apple, Casio, HP, HTC, Huawei, LG, Kyocera, Motorola, Nokia, Pantech, RIM, Samsung, Sanyo, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson have all been accused of treading on patents. Most major US carriers have been accused themselves, including AT&T, Cricket, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, even going so far as to include relatively low-key brands like Boost Mobile and TracFone.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward Weber” for the heads up.]