Quick and easy fix for all Android patent problems. Google should buy Motorola » Unwired View:
And there is very little Google and Android OEMs can do about it. Except to try and drag the whole process in courts for as long as they can, searching for some other way out. Google is a young company, with very small patent portfolio to use in a fight. And there are some indications that they have played fast and loose with IP issues, while creating Android. In the end, anyone putting Google’s mobile OS on their gadgets, might end up paying $60 or more per handset in patent fees.
But Google has a way out. An easy fix, that could solve all their Android IP troubles at once:
Google should buy Motorola Mobility Holdings.
Motorola and Google buddying up against Apple in patent war | DroidMatters.com:
It’s no secret that Motorola has been struggling for market share and relevancy ever since it stopped riding the wave of the Razr success, but they may have new wind in their sales (pun intended) with one of their most valuable assets – their patent portfolio.
With the continuing legal battles spearheaded by Apple, manufacturers are grappling for patents to protect their designs and avoid being their next target. Undefined intellectual property rights are encouraging manufacturers to seek patent portfolios. Companies that have many patents, like Motorola, therefore have an advantage at this time and can leverage these as assets. Motorola, with its impressive patent portfolio, can either use these patents to up their own market share, or can choose to sell them to other manufacturers looking to boost their portfolios. Just last month, Apple took advantage of a patent deal that significantly strengthened its portfolio by purchasing, along with Microsoft, RIM, Sony, EMC and Ericsson, the Nortel patents for over $4.5 billion at auction.
Kodak may sell patent being used in lawsuits against Apple, RIM:
Eastman Kodak Co. is said to be considering the sale of one of its most valuable patents, an invention that is the key component of lawsuits against smartphone makers Apple and Research in Motion.
Kodak has previously announced it is considering the sale of 1,100 patents, which would amount to 10 percent of its portfolio. One of those patents, The Wall Street Journal confirmed Tuesday, is the image-previewing invention upon which Kodak's lawsuits against Apple and RIM are based.
Apple Won't Have to Pay Out Again in Patent Suit:
A federal judge refused to let Personal Audio take a second bite at Apple for patent infringement, finding that a jury's lump-sum award applies to all Apple products, not just those presented at trial.
Google Says It Hires FTC Intellectual Property Expert Michel - Bloomberg:
Google Inc., under investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for its dominance of Internet searches, said it hired Suzanne Michel, one of the commission’s top intellectual property officials.
Michel, 49, is leaving her post as deputy director of policy planning at the FTC, where she worked for more than 11 years on patent antitrust issues and patent policy. She will join the company’s legal team, Aaron Zamost, a Google spokesman, said, declining to elaborate on what her responsibilities will be.
‘Inventors’ Claim FarmVille And Other Zynga Games Infringe On Patent | TechCrunch:
Zynga has been slapped with patent lawsuit from a Segan LLC, which alleges that the social gaming giant has infringed on a patent titled “System for Viewing Content Over A Network and Method Thenrfor.” You can access the complaint here.
According to the document, the technology was developed and patented by Marc Segan and Gene Lewin in 2006 for a system and method for viewing content over the Internet wherein a user accesses a service provider server to view a character icon provided by the service provider to a user interface device.
HTC takes Apple patent battle to U.K. | Wireless - CNET News:
HTC has filed another lawsuit against Apple in the U.K., further escalating the patent battle between the two smartphone manufacturers.
Bloomberg reported today that the suit was filed on Friday in London. The suit comes two weeks after HTC suffered a blow when the U.S. International Trade Commission made an initial ruling that the Taiwanese company had violated two of Apple's patents.
NTP Wins Court Ruling on 7 Patents From Apple, AT&T Cases - Bloomberg:
"NTP Inc., the patent licenser that extracted a $612.5 million settlement from Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) in a dispute over wireless e-mail technology five years ago, won an appeals court ruling in a battle over the validity of its patents as the company sues other smartphone makers."
