“Apple is alleging that archival Google’s Android mobile operating system began taking shape almost two decades ago while Google senior vice president and Android chief Andy Rubin was employed within the Apple ranks, a charge that could have significant legal implications for future Apple suits against Google and could also impact Google’s proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of device maker Motorola Mobility,” Jason Ankeny writes for FiereceMobileContent.
Ankeny writes, “On his FOSS Patents blog, intellectual property activist Florian Mueller states that because Rubin never worked at HTC, Apple’s charges should not significantly impact the ITC’s current investigation into the handset maker. ‘Should Apple at some point sue Google directly over this patent, this background could, however, have serious ramifications,’ Mueller writes. ‘Google (or a Google subsidiary like [Motorola Mobility]) would almost certainly be found to infringe the relevant patent intentionally, and willful infringement would greatly increase Apple’s chances of obtaining an injunction as well as triple damages.'”
Read more: Apple to ITC: Google’s Android infringes on our API patent – FierceMobileContent http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/apple-itc-googles-android-infringes-our-api-patent/2011-09-06?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss#ixzz1XD4GpDPq
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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