Themonuclear Patentwar
August 18, 2012 9:15 PM Subscribe
Google's Motorola division claims Apple is infringing on seven of its patents and wants to block iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers from being imported to the U.S...
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is super thin at the moment - feel free to take another crack at it on Monday when more details are available. -- restless_nomad
I wonder if Apple will countersue Motorola for "pretty much everything they've done since the iPhone was introduced."
posted by ShutterBun at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by ShutterBun at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
So much for Google or Googorola or whatever being all against the idea of patents.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2012
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:23 PM on August 18, 2012
A bit? "Google almost certainly desires a wider cross-licencing deal" would be a lot closer to the truth.
posted by jaduncan at 9:25 PM on August 18, 2012
posted by jaduncan at 9:25 PM on August 18, 2012
I was listening to a story on NPR the other day about how Apple is not going after Google, but going after manufacturers instead (one theory given was that Google makes no revenue on Android, but handset makers do). If Google is indeed going to go down this road, I'm guessing Apple's gonna drop the gloves. Whatever the case, this is going to be a long time before anything is settled.
Apple's strength comes in large part from its overseas manufacturing operations, as well as shipping and delivery management. Were Google to get such an injunction, Apple would see one of its greatest strengths become its Achilles heel. I highly doubt Google will get such a ruling, though.
posted by azpenguin at 9:30 PM on August 18, 2012
Apple's strength comes in large part from its overseas manufacturing operations, as well as shipping and delivery management. Were Google to get such an injunction, Apple would see one of its greatest strengths become its Achilles heel. I highly doubt Google will get such a ruling, though.
posted by azpenguin at 9:30 PM on August 18, 2012
This isn't even actual news filter, since nobody can read the court filings or any commentary about actual documents until Monday. We're sort of in "Patent lawsuits. Boy, I don't know" territory here.
posted by DarlingBri at 9:30 PM on August 18, 2012
posted by DarlingBri at 9:30 PM on August 18, 2012
So much for Google or Googorola or whatever being all against the idea of patents.
I sympathise with Google's stance here, but the whole anti-patent thing hasn't been all that defensible since the Motorola Mobility purchase resulted in a valuation of $5.5bn on those patents.
That said, Apple's been suing every major Android OEM over anything they can get into court (including MM), so it's not entirely surprising that G/MM are throwing the kitchen sink at them as a warning that the damage will not only go one way if some kind of detente isn't reached. This was pretty much the whole point of the MM purchase, so it's not exactly surprising.
Again, they're almost certainly looking for the kind of cross licensing deal that takes place in pretty much every other industry patent pool.
posted by jaduncan at 9:31 PM on August 18, 2012
I sympathise with Google's stance here, but the whole anti-patent thing hasn't been all that defensible since the Motorola Mobility purchase resulted in a valuation of $5.5bn on those patents.
That said, Apple's been suing every major Android OEM over anything they can get into court (including MM), so it's not entirely surprising that G/MM are throwing the kitchen sink at them as a warning that the damage will not only go one way if some kind of detente isn't reached. This was pretty much the whole point of the MM purchase, so it's not exactly surprising.
Again, they're almost certainly looking for the kind of cross licensing deal that takes place in pretty much every other industry patent pool.
posted by jaduncan at 9:31 PM on August 18, 2012
The wheels on the suits go round and round, round and round, round and round....
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 9:31 PM on August 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 9:31 PM on August 18, 2012 [1 favorite]
Apple is not going after Google
The attempt to get the Galaxy Nexus banned from importation was awfully close, no?
posted by jaduncan at 9:32 PM on August 18, 2012
The attempt to get the Galaxy Nexus banned from importation was awfully close, no?
posted by jaduncan at 9:32 PM on August 18, 2012
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More background here, but this is just one part of a large patent battle among all the players in the mobile phone industry, Moto already won a case against Apple, Apple has counter-sued, etc.
posted by blahblahblah at 9:21 PM on August 18, 2012 [1 favorite]