Apple is not always a winner in the patent war. This time, it lost again in the patent war with MobileMedia (a patent holding company jointly founded by Sony, Nokia and MPEG LA). So how did things develop? Listen to Xiao Bian slowly. As early as 2010, MobileMedia sued Apple for infringing 14 of its electronic device patents. As time went by, the number of patents involved dropped to 3. The three patents are 6070068, 6253075 and 6427078 respectively, and the contents involved include camera phones, call processing and call rejection. After a week of preliminary trial, the jury in Delaware, Washington, deliberated for almost four hours and finally concluded that Apple infringed the three patents of MobileMedia. Hern Larry Horn, CEO of MobileMedia, said in a subsequent court interview: "We are quite satisfied, and we think it is fair.". Of course, it is unknown whether this is the final ruling, and the amount of patent compensation involved is also unknown.

MobileMedia has about 300 patents, which can be used for smart phones, mobile phones and other portable devices. The products covered include computers, netbooks, personal media players, e-book readers, digital cameras and handheld game consoles. At present, there are still patent lawsuits with RIM and HTC that have not been determined. The former involves 12 items, and the latter involves 11 items. When we asked whether these three patents would affect Apple's other products, its spokesman hinted that the iPod and iPad would not be directly affected.