Η OpenWave Systems κατηγορεί τις Apple και RIM για παραβίαση πατεντών σχετικά με τη συνδεσιμότητα των iOS συσκευών της.
Η Openwave κατέθεσε παράπονο στην Διεθνή Επιτροπή Ανταγωνισμού
ισχυριζόμενη παραβίαση πατεντών και απαιτώντας τη διακοπή των πωλήσεων
των smartphones/tablets των δύο εταιρειών στις ΗΠΑ.
O Ken Denman, CEO της Openwave δηλώνει:
Openwave invented technologies that became foundational to the mobile Internet. We believe that these large companies should pay us for the use of our technologies, particularly in light of the substantial revenue these companies have earned from devices that use our intellectual property.
Before filing these complaints, we approached both of these companies numerous times in an attempt to negotiate a license of our technology with them and did not receive a substantive response.
In the end, litigation is the only way we can defend our rights against these large companies that have effectively refused to license the use of the technologies we invented, are using today, and are continuing to develop for our customers. We are proud that our technology is helping deliver such a rich mobile internet experience to consumers around the world.
Η Apple κατηγορείται ότι παραβιάζει τις εξής πατέντες:
- U.S. Patent No. 6,233,608: Method and system for securely interacting with managed data from multiple devices
- U.S. Patent No. 6,289,212: Method and apparatus for providing electronic mail services during network unavailability
- U.S. Patent No. 6,405,037: Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network
- U.S. Patent No. 6,430,409: Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network
- U.S. Patent No. 6,625,447: Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network
H Openwave ισχυρίζεται ότι το 1997 ήταν η πρώτη εταιρεία που επέτρεψε
στους παρόχους την ενεργοποίηση του mobile internet ενώ το 2001 ήταν η
πρώτη που παρείχε την τεχνολογία για την αποστολή φωτογραφιών σε
μηνύματα. Στην εταιρεία ανήκουν περίπου 200 πατέντες που αφορούν
λογισμικό.