Patents granted to Google rose 170% in 2012
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Google Chairman Eric Schmidt |
Google has been trying to beef up its intellectual patent portfolio to put it in a stronger position to take on companies like Apple that had been flexing its patent muscles in court. The recent joint-policy statement between the Justice Department and the USPTO decrying the use of SEP patents to force a sales ban against competitors has forced Google to take a step back a little with this strategy.
source: BGR
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11 Comments
1. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jan 2013, 11:39 13
Google please put the patents to good use and teach the patent trolls some memorable lessons.
2. _Bone_ posted on 10 Jan 2013, 12:08 1
A bit off: if something is provided by stock Android SW, say double tap, pinch-to-zoom, icon layout, rubber wall etc., how come Apple sues Samsung but not Google for it?
4. Fallout09 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 12:21 4
Because Google doesnt charge for the use of Android. IE... No monetary gain from the lawsuit.
5. _Bone_ posted on 10 Jan 2013, 13:08 0
But Samsung did not make the SW that supposedly infringes mentioned patents, Google did. Samsung merely licences it just like some manufacturers licence Mercedes engines - if there's something wrong with them, it's Mercedes' fault, not theirs...
Oh and Google makes a lot of money off Google services, advertisements, apps, music, movies, book, whatever bought under your Android device, and again, they wrote some of the code infringing patents, Sammy is legally licencing and tweaking it, so how come they get sued successfully if it's not their SW in the 1st place?
7. Fallout09 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 13:38 1
Once again.... Google is not selling Android. They are following the old Gillette razor business model where they give away a product to get people onboard and make profit from other avenues. IE no direct profit from the OS. Samsung (for example) is taking source code, tweaking legally the "borrowed code" to fit their devices and selling for an actual profit. The only reason Samsung Vs Apple has seen their day in court is beause they are selling in mass quanities and Apple wants some of that money.
10. joey_sfb posted on 10 Jan 2013, 17:52 0
Apple fan are happy to buy a $50 buck cable but not me. Most of the 'so called' patents you have mentioned has been invalided. So apple won't get a single cent from it.
Live with it!!!
6. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 13:15 2
Ftc should say the same to Apple & ms. Im getting sick of these patent news posted on this site
9. thunderbolt posted on 10 Jan 2013, 14:44 2
Good at least Apple has 1,151 patents less. If it was not for google they would have hogged these 1,151 patents also.
11. papss posted on 10 Jan 2013, 19:10 0
They need to work on knowing how to polish there products instead of trying to win the patent war (that Nokia owns)
