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> Is there anyone not simultaneously suing and getting sued over patents? Yes. Google is getting sued lots but they are not suing anybody. I suppose selling
by zmmmmm 15y ago
> Is there anyone not simultaneously suing and getting sued over patents?
Yes. Google is getting sued lots but they are not suing anybody. I suppose selling (or giving??) a patent to HTC who then sues using it is sort of indirectly suing though.
- crenshaw 15y agoI thought only Oracle was suing Google Is someone else suing Google?
- Steko 15y agoWell according to a search for "sues google" there's also at least Skyhook, Paypal, Ebay, Zynga and Paul Allen's Trollco. I'd say the lawsuits from Apple and Microsoft count even though they are indirectly suing Google.
- crenshaw 15y agoUmm... I think you read my question wrong. Who's not suing Google? :-)
- zmmmmm 15y agoAh, finally a chance to use this service ... http://lmgtfy.com/?q=who+is+suing+google http://lmgtfy.com/?q=who+is+suing+google
- yariang 15y agoHmm since when did my tablet grow a cursor? Are you using hacks? :)
- Steko 15y agoGoogle's like that guy who says he's sick of rich douchebags driving their Porsches around and cutting everyone else off in traffic but then he wins the lottery and what do you know he goes out and buys a Porsche and finds that the superior handling, acceleration and compact chassis lends itself to exploiting gaps in traffic they would not have with their old Honda Accord.
- barista 15y agoIt was but obvious that Google will start suing the moment they got their hands on patents that they can use to sue people with. So much for Do no evil :)
- chc 15y agoIt's "Don't be evil" — a much less ambitious goal. Ordinary people do marginally evil things all the time without being thought of as being evil on the whole. And it's a pretty weird morality where protecting yourself makes you, as a whole, "evil."
- Steko 15y agoI don't see where Good or Evil enter into any of this. Does Android/HTC infringe on some Apple patents? Maybe. Does Apple infringe on some of these patents Google has given to HTC? Maybe. Are the likely outcomes more favorable to Android/Google/HTC with Google having given HTC these patents? Almost certainly.
- barista 15y agoSo that's how you justify Google's actions? By play of words?
- bad_user 15y agoIn my eyes, Google is just a Microsoft wannabe. That said, I do not think their current actions are in any way evil or immoral. In fact I would lose faith in Android if they weren't doing this.
- zmmmmm 15y agoSo I wonder if this definition of suing (transferring a patent to a third party who uses it defensively) is evil to you, how evil is Apple, Oracle, Microsoft, etc?
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