Microsoft begins trial against Motorola over Android technologiesThe Seattle Times - 23 Aug, 2011Microsoft began arguing its US trade case that Android-based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings use technology derived from Microsoft inventions. By Susan Decker No comments have been posted to this article. Microsoft began arguing its US ... |
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Motorola, Syngenta, Amazon, Rapidshare: Intellectual PropertyBloomberg - Victoria Slind-Flor - 23 Aug, 2011Among Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s more than 17000 patents, a group of 18 may prove most useful in Google Inc. (GOOG)'s effort to fend off litigation targeting the Android mobile platform. ... |
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How Motorola Mobility could save Google from looming 'threat'Christian Science Monitor - Matthew Shaer - 23 Aug, 2011Google has acquired Motorola Mobility, a company with a whole lot of valuable patents. But of the 17000 patents, Google especially prizes 18, according to a new report. Motorola Mobility, Google's latest acquisition, brings with it plenty of patents, ... |
Microsoft vs. Motorola patent case goes before International Trade CommissionThe Seattle Times - Janet I. Tu - 23 Aug, 2011One of the many battles in the smartphone patent war went before the International Trade Commission (ITC) today as Microsoft began arguing its case that Android-based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility infringed on seven of Microsoft's patents. to ... |
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Mobile phone battle turns to KodakThe Australian - Murad Ahmed - 23 Aug, 2011Google Android apps are shown off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Source: The Courier-Mail THE battle among the world's technology giants for dominance of the mobile phone market has turned to Kodak. As Apple, Microsoft, Google and ... |
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Motorola's Influence Wanes as Android's Share StrengthensPC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 23 Aug, 2011Google's Android OS continues to dominate the US smartphone market, but Motorola's influence as an Android customer has decreased, according to a Monday study. Overall, Android has a commanding share of the market: sales rose to 52 ... |
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This Is What Google REALLY Meant By "Don't Be Evil" (GOOG)San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 23 Aug, 2011It allegedly leaned on Motorola not to use a competing location-detecting service from Skyhook. Then it turned around and dropped $12.5 billion on Motorola to get into the phone market, competing directly against partners like Samsung and LG. ... |
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Android dominates iOS in 2nd quarter, study findsCNET (blog) - Don Reisinger - 23 Aug, 2011Google's Android mobile operating system dominated the US smartphone market last quarter, research firm NPD announced today. According to NPD, Android was running on 52 percent of all the smartphones sold in the US last quarter, overshadowing iOS, ... |
Motorola wireless share declines: reportChicago Sun-Times - Sandra Guy - 23 Aug, 2011Motorola Mobility's mobile-phone and smartphone market shares each dropped 3 percentage points in the second quarter from a year earlier, while its share of Android ... |
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Next wave of patent rulings could ease tech warsReuters Blogs (blog) - 23 Aug, 2011By Reynolds Holding Today's costly technology patent wars in many ways can be pinned on the courts. Google, Apple, Microsoft and others are spending billions of dollars for the rights to ideas and inventions powering devices like smartphones. ... |
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Will Microsoft buy Nokia? Should they?ZDNet (blog) - Ed Bott - 23 Aug, 2011Summary: In the wake of Google's bid for Motorola, some analysts are arguing that Microsoft should snap up Nokia. But why would they want to do that? Almost exactly three years ago, just before the Windows 7 ... |
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Motorola might only be worthy to Google for 18 patentsZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 23 Aug, 2011Summary: Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility would entitle the Android OS maker to thousands of patents. But only 18 of them might be worth anything. ... |
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Microsoft Says Motorola's Android Phones Infringe Its PatentsBloomberg - Susan Decker - 23 Aug, 2011Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world's largest software maker, began arguing its US trade case that Android- based smartphones made by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. use technology derived from Microsoft ... |
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Google Gets Patents, What Does Motorola Get?PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 23 Aug, 2011While most industry watchers appear to believe that Google's Motorola purchase will be most beneficial to Google and its weak patent portfolio, NPD said Monday that the deal will also help bolster a struggling Motorola. ... |
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Google deal: is Motorola actually gaining?Hindustan Times - 23 Aug, 2011Motorola Mobility is in an unusual position. Acquisitions are aimed at creating some well-articulated synergy between two firms, but Motorola's future role in its $12.5-billion deal with Google is unclear. Motorola's rich trove of 17000 patents will ... |
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NPD Group: Android momentum will boost flailing MotorolaZDNet (blog) - Rachel King - 23 Aug, 2011Summary: As Android continues to dominate US smartphone market share month after month, a new report argues that this momentum will be the key to saving Motorola. It is that rapid growth and popularity ... |
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Android, Apple's iOS Gain Share On BlackBerry: NPD GroupWall Street Journal - Dan Gallagher - 23 Aug, 2011SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones)--Mobile operating systems from Google Inc. (GOOG) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) gained market share in the US during the second quarter while Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) slipped, according to data from NPD Group ... |
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Analysis: Google/Motorola could be peak of patent price spikeReuters - Brendan McDermid, Bill Rigby - 23 Aug, 2011A posed picture shows a Motorola Droid phone displaying the Google search page in New York August 15, 2011. By Poornima Gupta and Bill Rigby SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The bubble in mobile phone technology patent values may just have popped. ... |
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After Google, now Motorola faces identity crisisNDTV.com - 23 Aug, 2011Hundreds of framed patents hang on two separate walls at the headquarters of Motorola Mobility in Libertyville, Illinois. They testify to the pride in innovation at Motorola, a luminary of American business that has survived corporate crises and ... |
Apple, Google See Slight Gain In Q2 US Smartphone ShareBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 23 Aug, 2011Research firm NPD this morning reports slight gains in Q2 smartphone sales in the US for both Google's (GOOG) “Android” operating system and for Apple's (AAPL) “iOS,” with the former rising to 52% of all smartphone sales compared to 50% ... |
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The NPD Group: As Android Solidifies Lead, Google Acquisition Has Potential to ...San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - 23 Aug, 2011According to The NPD Group, a leading market research company, Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate US smartphone market share, accounting for 52 percent of units sold in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011. ... |
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Motorola Mobility workers to make out on stock options in Google dealChicago Tribune - 23 Aug, 2011The $12.5-billion sale of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to Google Inc. will provide a long-awaited reward for Motorola employees who survived the double whammy of recession and restructuring. Motorola Mobility accepted a $40-a-share offer last week ... |
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Smartphone patent wars heat up: Microsoft v. MotorolaWashington Post (blog) - Cecilia Kang - 23 Aug, 2011The Google Inc. homepage is seen on a Motorola Holdings Inc. mobile device, running on Google's Android software, in Park Ridge, Illinois, US (Tim Boyle - BLOOMBERG) Microsoft's patent infringement complaint against Motorola will be ... |
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HP drops webOS: What lies ahead?Hindustan Times - Abhishek Baxi - 23 Aug, 2011Tech news these days shouldn't be read by people with cardiac conditions or pregnant women. If Google's surprise buyout of Motorola wasn't enough bombshells for the week, Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will stop selling hardware based on the ... |
Google Buys Motorola Mobility...And So Begins The Dark AgesForbes - 23 Aug, 2011Last week I finally, finally purchased a Motorola D3 smartphone. I'm loving it! And I'm loving Google! So you'd think that I'd be loving the news that Google is purchasing Motorola's cell phone business, right? I'm not. This is like the beginning of ... |
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Networks, handset makers vie for mobile dominanceRegister - Bill Ray - 23 Aug, 2011WebOS is all but dead, and died without apparently leaving a gap for its competitors to fill, but the bloodbath of mobile platforms isn't over despite the clearing field. LiPS, LiMo, Moblin, Maemo and MeeGo are ... |
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Moody's: Google Acquisition Of Motorola Mobility Is Credit PositiveWall Street Journal - Natasha Brereton-Fukui - Aug 21, 2011SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Google Inc.'s (GOOG) agreement to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) is credit positive for the internet search company because it provides it with important mobile-wireless intellectual property, a senior analyst at ... |
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So Google now wants to be like Apple (Wait, what?)CNET - Chris Matyszczyk - Aug 21, 2011Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility was all about the patents. Just as shopping at Prada is all about the necessity to own something that is black. Many have theorized about the strategy behind blowing two years of Google's profits on a hardware ... |
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Motorola's Identity CrisisNew York Times - James Best Jr - Aug 21, 2011Can a storied telecommunications company, desired mainly for its patents, return to its innovation glory days? By MATT RICHTEL and JENNA WORTHAM Hundreds of framed patents hang on two separate walls at the headquarters of Motorola Mobility in ... |
Google, Motorola and the Patent WarsWall Street Journal - Aug 21, 2011By L. GORDON CROVITZ The costs of our broken patent system are often abstract, but this month Google put a price tag on the problem: $12.5 billion. That's what Google paid for Motorola's US smartphone business and its 17000 patents. ... |
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