Some of HTC's Google patents may be worthless

Some of HTC's Google patents may be worthless

That's according to Tyron Stading, founder and chief technology officer of Innography, a software company that pores through data related to intellectual property. His company's analysis found that Google may not have had the right to sell two of the nine patents.

At issue were missing signatures from the original inventors of patents bought from Palm and Motorola. In both cases,wholesales mac Lip gloss inventors didn't assign the technology to the company, meaning they weren't in the position to sell the patents. Stading said that in past instances where this has happened, the court will throw out a case if the plaintiff doesn't prove proper ownership of the patents.

"This could have been avoided had they done the proper due diligence,2012 nfl super bowl jerseys" Stading said. "This causes a huge issue for strategic defense."

Representatives for HTC and Google weren't immediately available for comment.

HTC had counted on these patents in its legal counterattack against Apple. Last week, the company filed a new lawsuit in the federal district court in Delaware and amended its complaint with the International Trade Commission to incorporate the new intellectual property.cleveland cavaliers jerseys

For Google, it represented the first direct support of one of an Android partner. Several companies, including HTC, Samsung Electronics, and Motorola Mobility, had been targets of lawsuits by Apple. In response, Google bought Motorola and its 17,000 patents (with 7,500 pending).

Stading said that all of the parties have been Cheap Christian Louboutinnotified of the ownership issues with the two patents. He said he wouldn't disclose if Innography was working with either side.

If the patents are found to be invalid, there's little HTC can do about it. The company would have to re-file its case using the other seven patents. Google and HTC also can't retroactively get the inventors' signatures.

Logan motorcyclist thanks rescuers

Logan motorcyclist thanks rescuers: ‘They saved my life’

When Tom Timplen arrived at the scene of Monday’s fiery motorcycle crash, he was pretty certain Brandon Wright was dead.Roger Vivier flat shoesNike shox shoes

"It was just a nightmare," he said during a press conference in Logan on Tuesday afternoon. "Huge flames shooting up in the air."

But a lady, laying on the ground and peering under the car, realized that Wright, 21,Golf Equipment Wholesale though wedged beneath the car, was still alive amid the burning debris.

Wright on Tuesday remained in Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, where he was listed in critical condition after his eastbound motorcycle collided with a BMW sedan about 11:40 a.m. on U.S. Highway 89 in Logan.

Matt Barney said he saw it happen, and he, too, thought the worst when both vehicles burst into flames and he realized Wright was trapped beneath.

"Dead or alive I don’t want to sit here and watch this guy burn," Barney, a radiation therapist, said he thought.

Timplen said he quickly pulled on a pair of gloves, and then witnesses said they watched him try single-handedly, but unsuccessfully, to lift the heavy car off Wright.brand name watches Then two or three more people tried to help.

When Logan patrol Sgt. Jason Olsen pulled up, he saw the woman laying on her belly and Timplen and the few others trying to move the heavy car. Olsen said he went for a jack to try to prop the car up, but within 3 to 5 seconds, a dozen people materialized and worked together to push the car off Wright’s body.