Not all members are equal parties and it's not hard to feel that the leaders in this group are Microsoft and Apple. They have the means, the motivation, and both have track record.
Blackberry are in no place to do this, Ericsson haven't been of this nature, and whilst Sony could they have enough distraction going on at the moment to focus their attention elsewhere. I also feel those three would gleefully follow Apple and Microsoft.
It looks and feels, from the viewpoint of a lay observer, to be an Apple and Microsoft effort.
Time will tell though, it may take a while but everything comes out in court, the good stuff and the bad.
The CEO of the firm they set up to do the trolling is also the CEO of MPEG-LA that collects patent fees for H.264 and a few other royalty bearing standards.
It's worth noting that although the lawsuits were issued yesterday, the consortium was finalised in June 2011 when all of the group members were strongly involved in non-Android smartphones.
It's not unreasonable to suspect that this action was planned as part of that formation and priced into the bid.
I find it odd that everybody is speculating Apple mostly and Microsoft when the article specifically states Rockstar is acting independently in this regardless of any former promises made by the consortium companies. But yes, time will tell.
Blackberry are in no place to do this, Ericsson haven't been of this nature, and whilst Sony could they have enough distraction going on at the moment to focus their attention elsewhere. I also feel those three would gleefully follow Apple and Microsoft.
It looks and feels, from the viewpoint of a lay observer, to be an Apple and Microsoft effort.
Time will tell though, it may take a while but everything comes out in court, the good stuff and the bad.