Google acquired the six patents at issue when it bought Motorola Mobility. Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology – the InquirerMicrosoft has won a $1.8 million ruling in the first of two patent lawsuits against Google's...
Google allegedly “reneged on its FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] commitments and pursued – or threatened to pursue – injunctions against companies that need to use [Motorola Mobility’s] standard-essential patents in their devices...
Google's Motorola Mobility division has filed a patent infringement claim against Apple over the Siri voice control and location-based services used on iPhones and iPads. Google's Motorola Mobility unit filed a complaint against Apple with the U.S.
Motorola said in a statement that, "Motorola Mobility has had a long-standing practice of licensing our patents under FRAND and we offered those to Apple. On February 17, the company received a letter from the European Commission, Competition...
U.S.and EU antitrust authorities have approved Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. We have approved the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google because, upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise competition...
Google's proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility could soon be approved by the U.S. A mark of approval from the DOJ would be a welcome step forward for Google in its quest to acquire Motorola's handset business.
When the company announced its intent to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn, experts suggested a number a key patents were a major factor in the deal. IBM has agreed to a deal that will see the company assign more than 200 patents to Google.
There are 18 specific patents Motorola Mobility owns that can help Google battle current litigation. These patents have already been used previously when Motorola Mobility "picked a fight" with Apple, issuing three lawsuits of their own.
The Motorola Mobility purchase was motivated, in part, by Google’s desire to protect itself with its patents. On Motorola and Patent Protection When asked if Motorola represents a new era in risk taking for Google, Page admitted that while the...
However, Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha indicated that "that it could be problematic for Motorola Mobility to continue as a stand-alone entity if it sold a large portion of its patent portfolio," according to the SEC filing.
The nine patents came from earlier Google acquisitions, including four patents from Motorola Mobility, acquired last month. Motorola, Verizon) that "build and distribute devices to our specifications.
By now you may have heard Google has purchased Motorola Mobility, the consumer electronics division of Motorola. There's even quotes from Android OEMs, offering their support of the Google-Motorola Mobility acquisition.
