Nokia
From Techrights
Nokia had been a long-standing giant and a patents-rich company that was hijacked by Microsoft, just like Yahoo (see Microsoft Hijack of Yahoo).
In the 21s century Nokia was lobbying for software patents in Europe. As Symbian declined Nokia turned to Linux and then it sued Apple with patents. After Apple had sued Android Nokia welcomed a Microsoft mole into its ranks and then the company collapsed rapidly, brought in more Microsoft moles (former colleagues of the CEO), all the Linux efforts were called off, staff fired accordingly, and Nokia's patents then passed to proxies such as MOSAID, with Microsoft's explicit intervention. It did not take long for this to harm Android, so Google filed antitrust complaints. Here are some posts sorted chronologically.
Contents |
[edit] 2013
- Microsoft-controlled Nokia is Lobbying to Enable Bans on Android Imports (Linux Phones as a Whole in Danger)
- Boycott Nokia for Attacking Free Software, FFII’s President Suggests
- Nokia is Suing Android Directly, Using Patents; Microsoft’s Elop to Blame
- Microsoft-led Nokia Once Again Attacks Android/Linux With Patents, This Time Directly
- Dell Will be the Next Nokia Unless It Escapes Microsoft’s Grip
[edit] 2012
- Nokia Should Move to Linux Before Its Staff is All Gone (Except Microsoft Moles)
- Boycott Nokia! Vringo, an Anti-Android/Linux Proxy for Microsoft (Through Nokia), Attacks Google
- Rewriting Nokia’s History of Microsoft Takeover
- Nokia Might Dump Windows, Embrace Android Soon
- Microsoft-Led Nokia Continues to Feed Patent Trolls
- Qt Team Admits It is Harmed by Nokia’s Behaviour After Microsoft Occupation
- Nokia Betrays Qt, as Techrights Predicted in 2008
- Elop Kills Another Linux-based Platform While Using Patents Against a Third One (Android)
- Microsoft Occupying Competing Companies
- Windows on Phones is Hopeless
- Microsoft’s Mole Stephen Elop is Hurting KDE
- Nokia Shies Away From Direct Patent Extortion of Android
- Microsoft-Led Nokia is Confirmed to be Already Extorting Android/Linux
- Nokia is Already Fighting Android With Patents, at Microsoft’s Behest
- MOSAID Apparently Extorts Linux, Red Hat Embraces Secrecy Again
- Microsoft Dies in Hardware
- Nokia the Latest Example of Dead Microsoft ‘Partners’, More Lined Up
- Apple Seeks Android Bans Whilst Antitrust Attorney Speaks About Microsoft’s Latest Offences Against Android (Using Patent Proxies)
- Linux Foundation Members That Pay Microsoft for Linux
- With Microsoft Mole, Nokia Becomes Microsoft’s Partner in Crime (Through MOSAID)
- Collusion, Conspiracy and Patent Crimes From Microsoft Against Linux
- Android Under Patent Attacks From Nokia, Microsoft, and Oracle
- Software Patents and Trolls Devour Jobs While Microsoft Proxies Sue Android Companies
- After the Demise of Microsoft’s FAT Patent
- MeeGo Will Live Despite Microsoft Corruption
- Microsoft Bugs Kill Nokia
- Update on Patent Failures and Microsoft Lawsuits Against Linux Companies
- Windows Phones: Still Dying While Linux is Thriving
- Despite Moles, Patents, and Lawsuits, Linux-based Platforms Rule Mobility
- Nokia Inevitably Realises Linux is Better Than Windows
- Windows Mobile Death and Wiped Data, Applications
- Microsoft Starts Extorting Competitors by Proxy, Using Nokia’s Patents
- MSBBC Lies About Microsoft Market Share
- Microsoft Mole Failed to Sell Phones, Managed to Pass Patents to Microsoft’s Patent Trolls
- Bill Gates is Hijacking Open Source While Attacking It Using Lobbyists, Patents, and Patent Trolls
- Android’s Defence of Self From Apple, Patent Extortion Proxies, and Microsoft Lobbyists
- Apple is Sued for Anti-competitive Practices; The Court Sees Patent Lawsuits/Actions by Proxy
- Under Microsoft Leadership, Nokia Patents Passed to Patent Aggressor Sisvel, Likely Target is Android
- Updates on Microsoft/Nokia and Apple Patent Wars on Linux
- Software Patents and Bribes Against Android/Linux
[edit] 2011
- Microsoft and Nokia Caught AstroTurfing, Abusing/Attacking Genuine Posters
- Latest Patent Attacks on Linux/Android and Why They Matter
- Groklaw on MOSAID (Patent Troll for Microsoft)
- Microsoft Inside
- Microsoft Shrank Nokia and Fed its Patents to Trolls
- MOSAID, Microsoft, and Antitrust
- Nokia Can Oust — But Not Recover From — Microsoft Mole
- Microsoft Mole Killed Linux Projects and Fed Patent Trolls for Attacks on Android
- Microsoft’s Mobile Plan: Patents, Not Products
- Executives Who ‘Leave’ Microsoft Become Moles, Patent Trolls, and Patent Lobbyists
- Antitrust Probe Over Microsoft’s Feeding of Patent Trolls to Attack Linux (Android) in Court
- Microsoft Confirms Role in Preparing to Litigate Using Patent Trolls as Proxies
- Anti-Smartphones Patent Troll Equipped With 2,000 Microsoft-led Nokia Patents
- Microsoft Has Lost the Mobile War to Linux, Stuck at Around 1% Market Share
- When Microsoft Enters Linux We See Linux FUD
- Microsoft’s Plan of Taxing Linux Using Nokia
- Nokia Crushed by Microsoft While Windows Mobile Dies. Is Skype Next?
- Microsoft Uses the Broken US Patent System to Attack Linux/Android From Multiple Sources, Wants Nokia’s Patents Too
- Rumour: Microsoft to Take Over Nokia’s Mobile Unit Thanks to Entryism
- Exclusive: Microsoft Patent Schemes Nobody Knows About
- Microsoft’s Mole at Nokia Harmed People and Harmed Free Software, Microsoft Moles at Juniper Put Internet Users at Risk
- Microsoft Failed in the Hardware Business
- Microsoft Still Uses Nokia to Attack Linux
- Microsoft’s Elop is Like Rick Belluzzo – Hijacks Nokia, Sells to Microsoft, Then Exits
- As Expected, Nokia is Attacking Android/Linux Following Microsoft Takeover
- Microsoft is Bad for the Economy
- Senior Figure at Nokia: “This isn’t a deal between Nokia and Microsoft, this is a Microsoft take over.”
- Elop-led Nokia and Bill Gates Lobby Europe Amid New Push Ushering in Software Patents
- Can’t Produce Better Phones? Sue the Rival and Misuse Security, Says the Microsoft Camp
- Windows Phones Become Extinct
- Groklaw’s Message to Microsoft: Spend More on Products and Less on FUD/PR
- Stephen Elop is Bricking Nokia
- Microsoft is Polluting the Codec and Mobile Space With Software Patents
- Vista Phony 7 a Disaster to Developers, Verizon Gives It Thumbs Down
- Motorola Dumps Windows, Opposite of Nokia
- The ‘New Nokia’ is a Patent Problem in Europe
- Calls for Lawsuits Against Microsoft’s Elop for Conflict of Interest; Billions in ‘Bribe’ Involved
- Maneuverers of Microsoft in an Age of Software Patents
- Microsoft’s Nokia ‘Deal’ is More Like a Takeover, Patents Pose a Problem
- Microsoft’s President Elop is Allegedly Killing Linux Inside Nokia/Intel, Just When MeeGo Gets Android Compatibility (Updated)
- Report: Nokia’s New CEO From Microsoft About to Fire Existing Nokia Executives
- Microsoft Disruptors Versus Linux Smartphones Domination
- Analyst Wants Microsoft’s Elop (Now Nokia CEO) to Shoot Down Linux Programmes
- Will Elop Choose the Future (Linux) or His Past (Microsoft) for Nokia?
- Apple Sues Nokia Again – Linux and/or Symbian Under Attack by Patents
- Microsoft’s Influence in the MSBBC, Intel, Nokia
- Microsoft’s Favourite ‘Reporters’ Are Attacking Nokia, Pushing it Into Microsoft’s Arms
[edit] 2010
- Why It’s Unlikely That Nokia Will Turn to Windows, Despite Microsoft Appointment
- Apple is Bullying Competitors — Including Linux — Using Software Patents
- Stephen Elop Says No New Linux Phones From Nokia This Year, Talks About Cross-platform Qt
- As Expected, Nokia and HP Betray Linux Under Microsoft-sympathetic New Leadership
- New Article Says Nokia Might be Bought by Microsoft After Appointing Microsoft President as CEO
- If You Can’t Beat Them, Hijack Them (Microsoft Joins Nokia and It Already Shows)
- Nokia, Zeitgeist, MeeGo/Maemo, and Moonlight/Mono Threat
- Microsoft Insiders Galore: BBC, Nokia, Others Already Damaged by Microsoft Hires
- Microsoft Passes More of Its Executives to the MSBBC. What About Nokia?
- Microsoft President Quits, But is Nokia the Next Victim?
- Software Patents Rumble: Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, and GNU/Linux
- Patents Roundup: Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Monsanto, Pfizer, and ACTA
- Why Nokia Sued Apple First (or Why Apple is Possibly the ‘Bad Guy’)
