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According to the article this settlement is limited to the Motorola unit that is being sold to Lenovo and does not include any cross patent license. The title m
by leorocky 12y ago
According to the article this settlement is limited to the Motorola unit that is being sold to Lenovo and does not include any cross patent license. The title makes it seem like Job's "Thermonuclear War" was finally at an end, and that doesn't seem to be the case at all. The title ought to qualify it with "Google's Motorola" or something.
- dang 12y agoThanks for pointing that out. We changed the title.
- nutjob2 12y agoThe article doesn't actually say that, it differentiates between the handset business that was sold and the remainder Motorola Mobility unit which holds the patents: "Google acquired Motorola Mobility in 2012 for $12.5 billion, and this year announced was selling Motorola Mobility's handset business to Lenovo, while keeping the vast majority of the patents."
- Alterlife 12y agoI'm sorry if I missed it... What does that mean though? Does it mean that Lenovo will be acquiring a litigation free company, or just that Apple wants a time-out with Google, and the game will continue once Lenovo is holding the ball?
- mikhailt 12y agoIt simply means that Google and Apple has agreed to stop all current lawsuits against each other (Google still owns the patents that Apple filed lawsuits on) at the moment. These lawsuits can restart any time. Apple and Google promises to work together on certain patent reform areas. IMO, that's most likely related to IP trolls, those two companies are in the top three list of companies constantly getting sued by IP trolls. Lenovo is not involved here.
- yuhong 12y agoI was wishing that Tim Cook would actually do it. I wonder why not?