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Google Steps Up to Defend Android Developers From Patent Lawsuit
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- fpgeek 15y agoOne detail I find interesting in this is that Apple has not, to date, argued that the Lodys patents are invalid. Some have speculated this is because the terms of their license for the Lodys patents prevented them from making that argument. However, IIRC, Google and Apple got their licenses from the same place: their past investment (more for protection than money) in Intellectual Ventures. I think it is likely that Apple's and Google's licenses have similar terms. That suggests that there neither Apple nor Google has an restrictions related to arguing the patents are invalid. Instead, each company has made a strategic choice in their response. Apple is trying to solve the immediate problems their developers have by intervening in the current court cases. Google, on the other hand, seems willing to let their developers suffer in the short-term so they can focus their legal resources on the long-term problem. I find it an interesting contrast in styles.