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Sounds very unlikely. If it was that they would've have announced it by now. Or the headline would be 'Google gets joint licensing(and right to sue) for Motorol
by recoiledsnake 15y ago
Sounds very unlikely. If it was that they would've have announced it by now. Or the headline would be 'Google gets joint licensing(and right to sue) for Motorola patents for $6 billion'.
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- hollerith 15y agoI think the way the courts work is that only the patent owner can sue for infringement. And recent events tend to show that Moto Mobility would not have been able to continue to sell smartphones if they had sold their patents to Google.
- recoiledsnake 15y ago>I think the way the courts work is that only the patent owner can sue for infringement. I am not sure about that, companies like Intellectual Ventures/Lodsys do all kinds of manipulations. >And recent events tend to show that Moto Mobility would not have been able to continue to sell smartphones if they had sold their patents to Google. That wouldn't work like that. Google would (need to) provide patent indemnification to Android licensees like Microsoft does with their desktop Windows and mobile WP7.
- hollerith 15y ago>If it was that they would've have announced it by now. A reason for them not to announce it is fear of drawing the attention of anti-trust regulators.
- recoiledsnake 15y agoHuh what? If they had bought the Novell or Nortel patents, would they have been blocked? In fact they were able to block MS(via the DoJ) from using Novell patents against Android.
- hollerith 15y agoThe thing that I was asserting would draw attention from anti-trust regulators is paying billions for a cell-phone manufacturer only to shut it down.