Back in 2011 Apple, Inc (NASDAQ:APPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) put their disputes aside to start a group which also included BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony and named themselves as Rockstar consortium. Their goal is to outbid their common enemy Google for patents being sold by Nortel.
Today after 2 years Rockstar consortium has used those patents to file a lawsuit that intends to binrg down Google’s giant android. Alongside with Google and Android the lawsuit also targets Asus, Samsung, HTC, and Huawei, LG, Pantech, and ZTE.
Microsoft and Apple unleash thermonuclear war on Google and Android – ZDNet
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Rockstar consortium asserts that these companies have and still are deliberately violated no less than 7 patents that were acquired in that 2011 auction. If the courts find out a valid proof regarding the acquisitions the companies involve may pay major fines and licensing fees.
The lawsuit charges the companies with a number of patent infringements, the most damaging of which may be that Google infringes patents by matching search terms to relevant advertising on mobile devices. This could have a huge effect on Google because the company’s game plan with Android relies on giving away the operating system in order to make money via advertising.
Mon Nov 04 13:18:02 +0000 2013
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