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Did the world's tech giants just discover they have lawyers on
retainer? That's certainly how it seems, as company after company has
decided 'tis the season to target the competition with patent
infringement allegations. Sony, the latest, is aiming squarely at LG,
claiming that the Korean manufacturer's violating eight patents with
its mobile devices -- including the LG Fathom, Xenon, Neon, Remarq,
Rumor 2, Lotus Elite and VL600 LTE modem -- claiming that these
devices transmit variable-bandwidth audio streams, live-preview camera
snapshots, hand off cellular calls and more in ways that infringe
Sony's intellectual property. Sony's now filed both an ITC complaint
in an attempt to ban new product shipments from the US, and a lawsuit
in federal court that will no doubt seek monetary damages. Now, if
recent history is any indication, LG will turn around and smack Sony
with a patent stack of its own, and we'll all go back to dreaming
about LG devices we'd actually care to purchase.
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