Rockstar Consortium
| Rockstar Consortium Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Тип | бизнес |
| Дата основания | 2012 |
| Основатели | Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson, Sony. |
| Ключевые фигуры | Джон Вески (CEO) |
| Отрасль | Патентный тролль |
| Число сотрудников | 100 |
| Дочерние компании | MobileStar |
| Сайт | ip-rockstar.com |
Rockstar Consortium Inc. (ранее Rockstar Bidco) — организация для монетизации патентов, основанная консорциумом, включающим Apple и Microsoft для выкупа патентов обанкротившейся в 2009 году компании Nortel. В Консорциум также входят BlackBerry, Ericsson и Sony.
Rockstar выкупила патенты Нортел на аукционе за $4,5 миллиарда долларов США (Нью-Йорк, июнь 2011).
В 2012 году издание Business Insider поставила Rockstar на третье место в списке 8 наиболее грозных патентных троллей в индустрии. Журнал Wired отметил, что тролль обладает более чем 4 тысячами патентов.
В октябре 2013 года Rockstar инициировал судебные разбирательства против восьми компаний, в том числе Google, Huawei, Samsung и других производителей телефонов на Android, включая Asus, HTC, LG Electronics, Pantech и ZTE. В декабре Google подала Встречный иск против Rockstar.
В декабре 2014 года Rockstar объявил о продаже всех своих патентов корпорации RPX за 900 миллионов $, завершив одновременно с этим все иски против всех участников Open Handset Alliance.
См. также
Smartphone wars
Примечания
- McMillan: How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads — https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/rockstar/
- https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/rockstar/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131030045744/http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/rockstar/
- Rockstar Consortium Launches Patent Attacks — http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-apple/rockstar-consortium-launches-patent-attacks-79901
- http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-apple/rockstar-consortium-launches-patent-attacks-79901
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131105035509/http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-apple/rockstar-consortium-launches-patent-attacks-79901
- Hill: Transforming Nortel’s patents into gold: Rockstar Consortium sets up shop in Kanata — http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Transforming+Nortel+patents+into+gold/6474820/story.html
- http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Transforming+Nortel+patents+into+gold/6474820/story.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120419105748/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Transforming+Nortel+patents+into+gold/6474820/story.html
- ROCKSTAR CONSORTIUM RECEIVES GREEN LIGHT FROM DEPARTMET OF JUSTICE — http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/RS_PR20120312.pdf
- http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/RS_PR20120312.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120324052534/http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/RS_PR20120312.pdf
- Star Man — http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/IAM%20Rockstar%20Article%20JulyAugust%202013.pdf
- http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/IAM%20Rockstar%20Article%20JulyAugust%202013.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131102230044/http://www.ip-rockstar.com/Press_Releases/IAM%20Rockstar%20Article%20JulyAugust%202013.pdf
- Консорциум Rockstar подал иски против Google, Samsung, LG Electronics, HTC, Huawei, Asus, Pantech и ZTE — http://www.ixbt.com/news/hard/index.shtml?17/33/19
- http://www.ixbt.com/news/hard/index.shtml?17/33/19
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131227222108/http://www.ixbt.com/news/hard/index.shtml?17%2F33%2F19
- Tech's 8 Most Fearsome 'Patent Trolls' — http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-companies-2012-11
- http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-companies-2012-11
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140424134905/http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-patent-holding-companies-2012-11
- How Apple and Microsoft Armed 4,000 Patent Warheads — https://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/rockstar/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131222131818/http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/rockstar/
- New Patent cases involving Rockstar — https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/Patent/Rockstar/
- https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/Patent/Rockstar/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131217111917/https://www.docketalarm.com/cases/Patent/Rockstar/
- Levine: Google, Samsung, Huawei sued over Nortel patents — https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-google-rockstar-lawsuit-idUSBRE99U1EN20131031
- https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-google-rockstar-lawsuit-idUSBRE99U1EN20131031
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150924190420/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/31/us-google-rockstar-lawsuit-idUSBRE99U1EN20131031
- Mullin: Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar” sues Google — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-war-goes-nuclear-microsoft-apple-owned-rockstar-sues-google/
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-war-goes-nuclear-microsoft-apple-owned-rockstar-sues-google/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171019191107/https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/patent-war-goes-nuclear-microsoft-apple-owned-rockstar-sues-google/
- Производителям устройств на Android объявили «патентную войну» — http://lenta.ru/news/2013/11/01/rockstar/
- http://lenta.ru/news/2013/11/01/rockstar/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131105092056/http://lenta.ru/news/2013/11/01/rockstar/
- Jeff John Roberts: Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-backed patent hell — http://gigaom.com/2013/12/24/google-sues-to-protect-android-device-makers-from-apple-backed-patent-hell/
- http://gigaom.com/2013/12/24/google-sues-to-protect-android-device-makers-from-apple-backed-patent-hell/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131227040534/http://gigaom.com/2013/12/24/google-sues-to-protect-android-device-makers-from-apple-backed-patent-hell/
- Joe Mullin: Google files counter-suit against Rockstar, seeking to avoid East Texas Google seeks to move dispute with Apple-owned Rockstar to California. — https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/google-files-counter-suit-against-rockstar-seeking-to-avoid-east-texas/
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/google-files-counter-suit-against-rockstar-seeking-to-avoid-east-texas/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131227183115/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/google-files-counter-suit-against-rockstar-seeking-to-avoid-east-texas/
- Michelle Meyers: Google fights back against Rockstar patent group The company files suit against the Apple- and Microsoft-backed consortium, asserting that its "patent dragnet" has placed a cloud over Google's Android platform. — http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57616278-93/google-fights-back-against-rockstar-patent-group/
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57616278-93/google-fights-back-against-rockstar-patent-group/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131227174137/http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57616278-93/google-fights-back-against-rockstar-patent-group/
- Rockstar проиграл объявленную против Android войну — http://www.oszone.net/26028/Rockstar_proigral_obiyavlennuyu_protiv_Android_voinu
- http://www.oszone.net/26028/Rockstar_proigral_obiyavlennuyu_protiv_Android_voinu
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141225213835/http://www.oszone.net/26028/Rockstar_proigral_obiyavlennuyu_protiv_Android_voinu
- RPX Corporation Purchases Rockstar Patents — http://www.rpxcorp.com/rpx-news/rpx-news-releases/rpx-corporation-purchases-rockstar-patents/
- http://www.rpxcorp.com/rpx-news/rpx-news-releases/rpx-corporation-purchases-rockstar-patents/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141225022700/http://www.rpxcorp.com/rpx-news/rpx-news-releases/rpx-corporation-purchases-rockstar-patents/