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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 08:17 AM EST |
Google has lots of patents over the years in many areas - here is a good writeup
http://www.seobythesea.com/2011/02/google-patents-updated/
I am assuming what you really mean to say is that Google has only recently
acquired patents in the smartphone space. Why? Because they recently entered
the smartphone business! What kind of a question is that?
They were a late entrant to the space, not being a product company, and lured
other phone makers into the "free" Android ecosystem, where the
handset maker gets a break on not having to pay for the OS (at least right now -
they are learning the hard way that they were sold an un-vetted bag of promises
by Google, and are being sued by IP holders) so that Google could make money
with search/ads.
Now Google uses the OHA (open handset alliance) to keep these manufacturers in
line, purchases a device company solely for their patents to provide some kind
of mutually assured destruction playing field with any other IP holder. All
anyone here can do is say "well they had to do it - they were getting
sued!" Perhaps there is a legitimate reason, can you even acknowledge the
possibility that almighty Google might, just might, have infringed on a patent
or two and that IP holders might have a reason to sue?
That is what i am disappointed by here. The mere prospect that Google might
have a problem is an anathema to the contributors of articles to this website.
The mere hint of a negative toward Android is met with derision about the court,
the jury, the location, everything except an open discussion about how the
argument might be legitimate.
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- Actually - Authored by: PJ on Wednesday, December 19 2012 @ 10:27 AM EST
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