Today, the District Court of Mannheim dismissed a complaint by Nokia that HTC had infringed the German part of patent EP 1 581 016 (the '016 patent) entitled "A Communication NetworkTerminal for Accessing Internet", and awarded HTC its legal costs.
Yet despite their failures, the concept of network computing resonated and validated the Windows terminal, which has the advantages of a network computer and runs Windows applications.
"I had a user who complained that her cursor would not move, so she would repeatedly slap the terminal on one side to move it, " claimed one network manager from a research firm in New York.
The department has focused its camera network on the Financial District in Lower Manhattan and on such iconic sites as the Empire State Building and Grand Central Terminal.