Nokia turns to the courts and IP to save itself

Yabba dabba dooo

This shows up Intellectual Property rights for what it really is – a state grant to a crony that inhibits the infinite multiplication of knowledge and innovation.    Having been summarily beaten by rivals Apple, HTC, Blackberry and the rest of the gang in the growth of the smartphone market, Nokia is now turning to the courts to try and protect itself from the capitalist whizzes that have put the power of news, computing, telephone, text, email, internet, and social media in the palms of our hands.

Let’s hope Nokia loses this case, goes bankrupt and its assets are bought up by capitalists more capable and able to serve the consumer best. The alternative is that the able capitalists must compensate Nokia for its ability to improve upon outdated concepts and ideas of Nokia.  This will lead to less resources invested into improving the best products, to resources wasted on keeping a sinking ship, i.e. Nokia, afloat.

The folly of IP is that it doesn’t protect private property. A property is a scarce resource, such as your cellular phone, that can be physically stolen from you, leaving you at a loss.  IP can be infinitely multiplied without another person losing his.  Furthermore, IP also prohibits us from using knowledge or our very own legitimate and privately owned scarce resources how you see fit. IP is protected privilege, for the cronies, by the cronies.

MARCH 29, 2011, 9:22 A.M. ET

2nd UPDATE: Nokia Files New Complaint Against Apple

By Sven Grundberg and Arild Moen

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) Tuesday said it has filed an additional complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission alleging that rival Apple Inc. (AAPL) has infringed Nokia patents “in virtually all of its products,” escalating a series of patent battles between the two.

Last week a U.S. trade panel judge sided with Apple in a patent dispute that has been going on since late 2009. The panel found that the technology used in Apple’s iPhones and iPods don’t infringe on the Finnish cell-phone maker’s patents.

Nokia said it doesn’t agree with the ITC’s initial determination and said it is “waiting to see the full details of the ruling” before deciding on the next steps in that case.

WSJ