Blog #29: Google appeals dismissal of Motorola's ITC complaint against Apple to the Federal Circuit

Google appeals dismissal of Motorola's ITC complaint against Apple to the Federal Circuit

http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/05/google-appeals-dismissal-of-motorolas.html?m=1

This article touches on the larger issue that is the poor decision by Google to acquire Motorola not for their assets but solely for their patent portfolio. Google spent $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola and has not seen a sizable ROI on this product. They have tried several ways and have now reverted to taking a shot in the dark  by taking a long shot appeal. Earlier this week, Google lost its ITC attempt to ban the Xbox and the US Trade agency has now ended its case with Apple. The Microsoft case was related to WIFI and the Apple case was related to a proximity sensor to deactivate a touchscreen.

What makes this so interesting is that this is already Google's second appeal from the ITC investigation. Last year, the ITC already threw out 3 of Google's appeals, which Google later appealed the dismissal of these patents. Unfortunately these appeals probably can't be consolidated which means more court resources will be wasted.

Bottom Line:

This article overall negatively contributes to the current patent wars we are in because we now see certain companies (Google) true intention's behind their cases. Google isn't trying to correct some wrong done by Apple or Microsoft, instead they are just trying to find some ROI on a poor acquisition that they made. I believe one way to possibly minimize situations like this is to set a limit on the number of appeals because they can just keep appealing decisions more and more which wastes tax payer dollars.

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6M2z8OpznA