[GJR]

Nokia must be desperate for cash. Developing video codecs is a painful exercise as some part of the implementation almost always relies on prior art. The company that I worked for were sued for our implementation of an MPEG-2 codec, because of a similar patent owned by a troll. These cases are what hold innovation back and are only attractive to the trolls because of how many h.264/h.265 codec instances are running out there. The usual technique is to go for the little guys first and then move up the food chain.

[sublimefire]

Given the patents were issued in '00s and they expire after 20 years it looks like the last chance to monetize them.

[tpmx]

> The usual technique is to go for the little guys first and then move up the food chain.

Stating the obvious: That's hardly the case here.

[acdha]

I drew the opposite conclusion:

> The patents were at the center of a legal dispute involving Lenovo in 2020, in which the computer maker claimed Nokia did not fully disclose its intellectual property interest to the ITU and ISO while the bodies were working to standardize H.264. That lawsuit was settled one year later, with Lenovo and Nokia agreeing on a cross-licensing agreement.

That looks like patent trolling to me: sue someone who’s not really in the business and settle so when you sue a bigger player you can tell the judge that this other company did the right thing and paid for your incredibly critical technology.

[tpmx]

I feel that's insulting towards judges in Delaware. Are you saying they are that dumb? (that's where the lawsuits were filed according to the article)

[logdap]

And most patent trolls are just a few jackass lawyers, not large established companies like Nokia.

[GJR]

The earlier victories won't have been reported.

[tpmx]

Nokia going patent troll on small companies would not have gotten press? That is not very believable.

[papichulo2023]

Please MS, do all of us a favour and erase it. The 5g hardware was their last chance to stay relevant.

[ksec]

What? What has it got to do with MS at all? They don't own Nokia.