Thursday 19 February 2015

Patent troll claims to own Bluetooth, scores $15.7M verdict against Samsung

Patent troll claims to own Bluetooth, scores $15.7M verdict against Samsung


Gordon Bremer didn't invent Bluetooth 2.0. In fact, as he admitted on the stand last week in an East Texas federal court, he hadn't even read the specification for it until 2007—three years after it was on the market. Despite that, Bremer may be getting paid a hefty royalty by Samsung, after a jury ruled that the Korean electronics company infringed Bremer's patents. He stands to get 2.5 percent of the $15.7 million verdict won by his employer, Rembrandt IP, one of the oldest and most...

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