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Another patent battle for Android

Another patent battle for Android

Posted Nov 15, 2013 14:47 UTC (Fri) by felixfix (subscriber, #242)
Parent article: Another patent battle for Android

I'm not so sure that Rockstar only wants revenue. That Google dropped out because they thought the patents would be used against Android sure shows intent to stop a competitor, in my mind, and the list of Rockstar owners is more evidence.

I suspect the real goal is to slow down Android so much that Windows and Apple phones are suddenly price-competitive. It might be unrealistic to expect such a sweeping injunction that Android goes out of business, but they can certainly jack the price up enough to cut business way down.

I have very little good will towards either Apple or Microsoft, even with changes in management. They are both control freak territory. Google itself may have its own share of control freaks, but not Android itself so much.


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Another patent battle for Android

Posted Nov 15, 2013 20:14 UTC (Fri) by zelmo (✭ supporter ✭, #48367) [Link] (1 responses)

Agreed. I think an injunction is exactly what (some of) the members of Rockstar want, given their aggressive competitive stances toward Google.

Another patent battle for Android

Posted Nov 22, 2013 13:36 UTC (Fri) by redden0t8 (guest, #72783) [Link]

I'm glad some other people saw this. I suppose Rockstar is technically a "non-practicing patent-holding entity", but it includes all major Android competitors as members.

I don't think they want money at all - that would only be a consolation prize. They want injunctions, and more importantly, fear of licensing Android, to further their own products.

I wonder if this will help push Samsung further towards Tizen?


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