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Apple and Google's Motorola unit agree to settle smartphone patent litigation

by jbraithwaite on 5/16/14, 11:44 PM with 15 comments

  • by leorocky on 5/17/14, 12:14 AM

    According to the article this settlement is limited to the Motorola unit that is being sold to Lenovo and does not include any cross patent license. The title makes it seem like Job's "Thermonuclear War" was finally at an end, and that doesn't seem to be the case at all. The title ought to qualify it with "Google's Motorola" or something.
  • by guelo on 5/17/14, 12:33 AM

    Where's the actual joint statement from the companies?
  • by nutjob2 on 5/17/14, 12:59 AM

    If you thinking this is a "kumbaya" moment, think again. They've merely determined that the best they can do is litigate each other into a stalemate, or that they don't have a enough of a competitive overlap to warrant a war. This might be more of an "oligopoly" moment.

    You have to wonder though: what would Steve Jobs have done?

  • by bruceb on 5/17/14, 4:22 AM

    In other news a few dozen attorneys cancelled their yacht orders.