Android Patent Plight
September 11, 2011
PC Magazine imagines, “What If Android Lost the Patent War?” The absurd state of technology patents today is sure to impact consumers as well as the businesses under attack, including but not limited to Google.
Google, who owns the highly successful Android mobile operating system, may be suffering from its idealism. The company seems to agree with level heads who say software and processes shouldn’t be patentable. Meanwhile more realistic competitors like Apple and Microsoft have been snapping up patents left and right. Google has started to play catch up, but it may now be too far behind.
Writer Sara Yin believes one of three things will happen if Apple wins its lawsuit against Android manufacturers HTC and Samsung: First, “HTC and Samsung would be ordered to pay ongoing royalties to Apple for every smartphone it makes. Second, the courts could issue an injunction banning infringing Samsung and HTC devices. Third, Apple could choose not to license its intellectual property to Android manufacturers.
Numbers two and three could see the death of Android. However, we believe number one is more probable. Why would Apple turn down that effortless revenue stream? If Google loses, prices for Android phones will rise. Someone has to pay.
Will Google’s $12 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility do the trick? We think that the pivotal legal matter may involve Google and Oracle. The patent plight, the Motorola deal, and volatile mixture of corporate egos may have significant consequences for many companies working in the exploding mobile market sector. And Java? Is a tool booth about to break ground.
Cynthia Murrell, September 11, 2011
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