In April this year Google tried to buy a portfolio of patents that help protect the Android and Chrome potential disputes in the courts. Everything was fine until Apple and Microsoft (and other companies) to join in the patent dispute, offering nearly five times that Google had offered. Today, the Mountain View giant decided to declare openly about the situation. And she is not happy.
One post on Google's official blog outlines, among other things, some of the important points in which this patent fight may end up harming the users of Android. David Drummond, senior vice president and head of Google's legal, hit in the new key "rather than innovate, companies try to prevent the advance of industry waging expensive legal battles" in addition to insisting that the cost of certain patents is coming to abusive levels.
One of these costs was revealed last month when, shortly after winning a patent dispute Nortel, Microsoft, Samsung would have to close down an agreement that the Redmond giant would receive $ 15 for selling Android. But neither company wanted to declare something officially about it.
Fortunately, Google says there are still chances to reverse this scenario. How to buy Nortel's patents will still be reviewed by Canadian authorities on suspicion of being an anti-competitive practice, all is not lost.
One post on Google's official blog outlines, among other things, some of the important points in which this patent fight may end up harming the users of Android. David Drummond, senior vice president and head of Google's legal, hit in the new key "rather than innovate, companies try to prevent the advance of industry waging expensive legal battles" in addition to insisting that the cost of certain patents is coming to abusive levels.
One of these costs was revealed last month when, shortly after winning a patent dispute Nortel, Microsoft, Samsung would have to close down an agreement that the Redmond giant would receive $ 15 for selling Android. But neither company wanted to declare something officially about it.
Fortunately, Google says there are still chances to reverse this scenario. How to buy Nortel's patents will still be reviewed by Canadian authorities on suspicion of being an anti-competitive practice, all is not lost.
