Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android-Related Patent Infringement

suraj.sun writes with this excerpt from Engadget: "Microsoft has hit up the ITC over a total of nine alleged patent infringements by Motorola in its Android devices, specifically relating to 'synchronizing email, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.' This should be interesting — will it result in a quick cross-licensing agreement, or a protracted court battle spanning multiple years?" The ITC complaint was accompanied by a lawsuit in US District Court. Microsoft's Horacio Gutierrez explained the company's reasoning in a blog post.

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Re:Worry about app devs, not Microsoft or Google

[Anonymous Coward]

They can't all be wrong at the same time,

Yes, they can.

Re:Enemy of My Enemy, etc...

[Motard]

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that there are cozy relationships.

Think of it this way: There's a pack of wolves with pack members named Oracle, Apple, Microsoft and a bunch of other (mostly smaller) wolves. There's a constant vicious competition for the alpha male position, but some ground rules have been established.

Then a big ol' wolf called Google shows up. He's from another pack and doesn't necessarily play by the same ground rules. And he threatens the dominance of all three. So he's attacked viciously.

Meanwhile, a wolf from Google's (web) pack (named Amazon) uses the distraction to screw Google's bitches (by selling Android apps).

And of course there's always a lone wolf. This one is called Adobe and he's trying desperately to impregnate all the bitches in all of the packs.

PATENT

[glittermage]

You know what PATENT means?

Patent
Attorney
Trust
&
ENrichment
Tool

Re:30 years developing cutting-edge computer softw

[Svartalf]

Actually it's been more like 20-25 years of that sort of thing...