Challenges RIM Faced Protecting Its Intellectual Property One of the biggest challenges RIM faced by protecting its intellectual property was from a patent lawsuit filed in 2000. NTP was a patent holding company based out of Virginia. The company offered to license patents related to RIM’s wireless email system. They believed they owned the intellectual property behind BlackBerry. Since RIM’s CEO, Mike Lazaridis did not respond, NTP filed a lawsuit.
This deal would ultimately make AT&T the largest cell phone service provider. This wouldn’t be a bad thing for AT&T, but it is concerning to consumers, other competitors and the DOJ and FCC. Verizon has stated that this merger would benefit consumers and allow the company to expand high-speed fourth-generation wireless service across the country faster. They have also said this merger would create over 100,000 jobs. Sprint and the FCC, however, do not agree and both have filed separate suits against the merger There are several different options for how AT&T should handle this situation.
Cloning the industry price If the virgin mobile clone the industry price they have various advantage to lure the customer, they have the differentiated applications and superior customer service. Also they are offering fewer hidden charges and better off-peak hours. Also our calculation (exhibit 1 & 2) shows that break even for the virgin mobile is less compare to industrial average but there are numerous drawbacks which outweigh this price strategy. • Virgin will loose the advantage of transparent pricing structure for customer by not eliminating all hidden charges. • Virgin may have to abandon its preferred target market of teenagers, due to contract implementation and billing system.
In the case of Apple, will Japan ever take their products seriously going forward, or will they always be thought of as a little behind the times? In the case of Hong Kong Disney, the wholesome family friendly household brand has now been associated with environmental degradation and not supportive of renewable resources. Case One: Japan to Apple’s iPhone: “No Thanks!” Apple underestimates the impact of the iPhone in Japanese markets. Apple did not take into consideration that Japan is one of the leading technological hotspots in the world when it comes to wireless technology, so while the rest of the world has been racing to catch up to the 3G speeds that Apple boasts in their newer device, Japan saw it as old news. Additionally, Apple was not able to integrate the higher quality digital displays that the Japanese are accustomed to using, which means that it was lacking in comparison to other devices already available in their market.
Week 3 IRAC Brief Case In 2011, Apple introduced a navigator and personal assistant called “Siri” that works with Apple’s products. Prior to Apple’s creation, Zhizhen Network Technology introduced a similar software called "Xiao i Robot" in which it sued a California based corporation over in 2004. Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook said in January last year that he expected China to become his company's largest market, though he gave no timeframe (AFP, 2014). Apple has initiated a lawsuit against Zhizhen Network Technology over the patent rights for “Siri” but declines to comment on ongoing litigation. Issue The issue concerns intellectual properties of both Apple and Zhizhen Network Technology, and patient infringement on Apple by Zhizhen Network Technology and the State Intellectual Property Office.
HTC's move into the market for Microsoft's Windows 8 smartphones will be a move into a market in which differentiation will not come mostly from software: all Windows 8 vendors will present what Microsoft permits. Unfortunately, many people receiving this form are making the erroneous assumption that if the box is left blank it is an indication that the gross amount included in Box 1 is not taxable this year. Just do it. Who wants to have a conference on a problem that has already been solved?. Will they someday?
Verizon iPhone Personal Hotspot settings (Image: TechCrunch) Verizon got fined a measley $1.25M today for blocking access to tethering apps, mostly on the Android platform. That doesn’t apply to most iOS users (currently), however. That’s because this ruling – for now – only affects LTE 4G devices. With the next-generation iPhone, which will be launched in mid-September, heavily rumored to be the first iPhone to include LTE access, this will affect those choosing to go with Verizon Wireless for their fancy new iPhone. The ruling asserts that Verizon must not charge an additional fee for tethering on its devices so long as they aren’t on the grandfathered unlimited data plans.
As consider the acquisition requirement by Maple Group will affect the majority ownership of TMX, Wayne Fox, the director of TMX said merger with LSE also was the better choice than with Maple Group. The rejection inspired Maple Group patriotic feelings, as the local company of Canada, they didn’t want the Toronto stock exchange be the part of London stock exchange company, therefore, Maple didn’t give up to acquire TMX. Until 30 June, 2011, LSE and TMX give up their merge plan as no more than half of the shareholders of TMX agree with the acquisition. When we analyse the reason why Maple persistent in merge with TMX, some economists said like: Moffatt Mike of Richard Ivey said, the merge was based on the patriotism which will add the stress on investors who invest in Canada. Robert Young of Liquidnet Canada said, the merge wave inspired the patriotic feeling of Canadians, like what did by Singapore stock exchange group.
Case Title: Nest: Golden Goose or Empty Nest Positioning (10 points): Who is the stakeholder? What is the core business problem? What is IT-enabled value proposition? Positioning: We are consulting for Google to help improve and reposition Nest and Nest’s products in terms of strategy implementation. Stakeholder: There are two major stakeholders in this case: 1) Google: They purchased Nest and are heavily invested in its success or failure 2) Nest Leadership: They are responsible for providing a successful product to the market and their owners Google Core Business Problem: The products offered by Nest are not fully robust and are working in a vacuum with no integration whatsoever leading to a lack of success in the marketplace.
Legalizing Marijuana Pamela Horton SOC 120 Introductions to Ethics & Social Responsibility George Greaves October 29, 2012 Some people believe that marijuana is not a drug it is a plant. Many my agree that it is a natural herb planted to help cope with stress of everyday hectic lives. Anything that alters your state of being, or have you doing things out of the norms is a drug. The pro-legalization argument was that if we legalize marijuana it could not be controlled and the efforts to try to control marijuana uses causes more problems than they solve. I feel that if we legalize marijuana we would have a bunch of fried brain lunatics running around committing all kinds of crimes.