How Google Drove Samsung Away

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday September 29, 2011 @08:53PM from the and-stay-out dept.

itwbennett writes "The patent licensing agreement between Microsoft and Samsung this week set off a firestorm of childish tit-for-tat between Microsoft and Google. But more telling is what Samsung had to say about its relationship with Google: 'Samsung knows it can't rely on Google. We've decided to address Android IP issues on our own,' a Samsung official told The Korea Times. The only good news to come from all of this, says blogger Brian Proffitt, is that we may be headed for a courtroom showdown over just what patents Microsoft believes are in violation, which really is what should have happened to begin with." Update: 09/30 20:05 GMT by S : As it turns out, the so-called "Samsung official" cited by The Korea Times turned out to be patent blogger Florian Mueller.

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Re:We need freedom fighters! by TrueSpeed · 2011-09-30 03:13 · Score: 5, Interesting

We already know the patents they're using. They're the same ones they used to try and shake down Barnes and Noble: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5778372.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6339780.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5889522.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6891551.html http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6957233.html They also demanded licensing fees that exceeded the cost of licensing WP7. They really are criminals.