April was disastrous for Google on the Android patent front: seven major losses, two smaller wins
This was a very interesting article that did a great job of summarizing Google's current month in patent struggles. The article broke all the patent issues down into major and minor issues.
Some of the featured wins are:
Medium Level win:
Google's Motorola not losing to an iPhone patent app was a critical win and have Samsung to thank for being their co-plaintiff.
Medium Level defeat:
They lost the test selection to infringe on two of Apple's patents.
Major loss:
Apple defeating Samsung in a California Claim Construction case.
Major loss:
Foxconn parent Hon Hai signs with Microsoft: 20th royalty-bearing Android patent license deal.
This is a very interesting article because it goes to show how unsuccessful a lot of this litigation is for certain companies, Google especially. Furthermore, the fact that all this happened within one month is ridiculous and goes to show how frequent these cases occur.
YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwKunBUIE6M
I've been following the same trend of Google as well. Very bad outset. I think a lot of the losses was tied with their inability to accurate assess their odds at patent infrngement. Of course, most lawsuits served these days seem like bluffs
ReplyDeleteLooking at it from Google's perspective, what really hurts is the very real potential they had to win, and win big. Instead, they won in the worst way possible, by winning small, and instead losing big. All in all, yes April was a horrid month for Google.
ReplyDeleteGoogle indeed has made a few bad decisions. So many losses all together has been a major setback. They did have the potential to win, but it did not work out well at all for them.
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