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Google, Motorola Ordered To Provide Android Info To Apple

Posted by Soulskill on from the and-put-some-mustard-on-it dept.

snydeq writes "A U.S. judge has ordered Motorola Mobility and Google to turn over information to Apple on Google's acquisition in 2005 of Android, its development of the Android OS and the proposed acquisition of Motorola. According to Motorola, the information Apple seeks regarding Google's acquisition of Motorola and Android is not relevant to any damages asserted in the case." This comes alongside news that Apple has offered licensing deals to Motorola and Samsung that would resolve some of the patent litigation. Apple is reportedly asking for $5-$15 per device sold.

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  1. Re:Paying Microsoft and Apple for Android ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google is just as guilty of this as anyone. They also have no desire to actually push for patent reforms; as they also rely on many patents for their search business.

    please point out one lawsuit that had to do with a google search patent. In fact google openly provided map reduce framework on handling large datasets a key to their search business.

  2. Can *you* deny that Apple did not borrow ideas? by walterbyrd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jobs was notorious for stealing the ideas of others.

    If Android is a "stolen product," then so was the iPhone
    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2012/02/if-android-is-a-stolen-product-then-so-was-the-iphone.ars