Tag: patent
Motorola Mobility has 17,000 Patents, 18 Are Important to Android
When the news broke that Google had acquired Motorola everyone was surprised to say the least. The patent wars of late have been getting...
Google Contacts FCC Regarding Microsoft Leaking Confidential Android Source Code
It appears that Google has another knife to pull on Microsoft, this time regarding Android source code, Google this week asking a judge with...
Google’s Android and Web Services being investigated by the FTC
Federal Trade Commission officials appear to be focusing some antitrust investigations on a few key areas of Google's business, including not only their web...
Microsoft makes three times more off patent licensing than its own mobile OS
Microsoft is really putting the screws to many companies in the Android realm with patent licensing deals that have turned out to b every...
Google Responds to Microsoft Tweet Regarding Patents
Google has made an update to the blog post yesterday regarding the recent patent lawsuits aimed at Android and its OEM partners. This update...
Samsung: Australian Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales will go ahead
Samsung has denied that the launch of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is on hold in Australia, clarifying that the company's agreement with Apple only...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales halted in Australia pending Apple suit
Apple has little battles being fought on multiple fronts around the world as it seeks to stop what it feels are copycat products that...
Embattled Google lawyer says that patents are hurting innovation and leaving Google to sort...
Google is currently facing multiple patent battles as the amount of litigation against the popular Android OS continues to grow. Google's Eric Schmidt says...
Microsoft flexes Android patent muscle to squeeze loot out of Samsung
Microsoft is flying high with its patents that go along with Android devices. So far the biggest rumored payday from Microsoft from an Android...
Microsoft lands Android patent agreement with Wistron
Microsoft is using agreements like the one with patent agreement it signed General Dynamic Itronix up for to its benefit. The company so far...
Microsoft scores another Android patent deal as license pressures ramp
Android device manufacturer General Dynamics Itronix has agreed a patent licensing deal with Microsoft, the latest company to cough up cash despite many assuming that...
Android devs hit by Lodsys in-app patent legal threats
The patent holder targeting iOS App Store developers over their use of in-app purchasing systems has apparently turned its attention to Android developers now,...