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In the past I have been critical of Google is trying to dance around directly calling out their competitors who are trying to actively screw them. Today, they no longer dance.
In the post, just put on the main Google blog Google SVP and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond takes shot after shot at Google's competitors. The name he calls Microsoft, Apple and Oracle. What is it all about? What else? Patents.
"I have worked in the tech sector for over two decades. Microsoft and Apple were always at each other's throats, so that when they get in bed together, you have to start wondering what's going on, "is the way Drummond kicks off my post. He goes on to lay out what he believes is "hostile, an organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple and other companies, through fictitious patents."
He talks about not only the latest Nortel patent auction (which Google was lost during the Group's competitors, including Apple and Microsoft won) but Novell patent sale (which was also bought by the group, including Microsoft and Apple), Microsoft's insistance that Android OEM pay them $ 15 licenses for each device and Sue Barnes Noble &, HTCMotorola and Samsung. Patents were designed to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as weapons, to stop it, "Drummond wrote.
While Drummond, said that their rival "anti-competitive strategy is driving up the price of patents on the market to insane levels, he believes the law will eventually prevail and this patent bubble will pop.
In this case, we thought it was important to speak out and make it clear that we are all determined to keep Android as competitive consumer choice, stopping anyone who tries to strangle him, "he notes, said that the Ministry of Justice is currently examining if Apple and Microsoft's acquisition of Nortel patents anti-competitive means.
"We also look at other ways to reduce anti-competitive threats against Android by strengthening our own patent portfolio. If we act, consumers may encounter cost increases for Android devices – and less options for their next phone, "is how to end this post.
Features. Their fighting words.
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