Google Claims Apple and Microsoft Are Out to Get Android
Aug 3, 2011, 3:24 PM by Eric M. Zeman
Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond today stated in a blog post that Google will protect Android from what he calls "a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, waged through bogus patents." Google accuses Apple, Microsoft, and others of using patent litigation as a weapon to stifle Android's availability. Drummond continued, "Our competitors want to impose a 'tax' for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices." Google called the patent litigation "anti-competitive" and vowed to do what it can to fight it. It will start by seeking government oversight of recent patent auctions, as well as acquiring its own patents for protection. Nearly all the major manufacturers of smartphones are involved in patent litigation with one or more of its competitors.
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Learn from the Chinese!
That's odd, because Microsoft asked Google to bid with them....
They've alread been got!
Microsoft already gets a few dollars for every Android phone sold. Just in case you're wondering why, it's because of patents. If I'm not mistaking, it's somewhere between $5-$10 per phone sold. I've read that they are trying to get Samsung to pay $15.
It seems that all these companies are out to get one another, now that the smart phone competition has picked up in the last couple of years. It's getting harder and harder for each of them to come up with something that will set them apart from the rest. Although, MS WP7 is about the closest thing to being different, when it comes to smart phones.
I'm really surprised this headline hasn't gotten more posts!
Of course they are!
