Google is countersuing UK Telco BT over patent infringement in response to the companies claims against Google filed in December 2011 though not for the same services. According to TechCrunch.com, BT is suing Google over patent infringement related to its Android mobile operating system. BT owns 5,000+ patents in area including Internet and wireless technology, as well as telephony.
As an act of defending themselves, Google fires a patent lawsuit + a many million dollars worth of expense and time in return. This back and forth game of You hit me, so I'm going to hit you, from a nontechnical point of view would be seen as child's play, often something we are reprimanded for doing as youngsters. These big companies are using a public space to quibble.
As an act of defending themselves, Google fires a patent lawsuit + a many million dollars worth of expense and time in return. This back and forth game of You hit me, so I'm going to hit you, from a nontechnical point of view would be seen as child's play, often something we are reprimanded for doing as youngsters. These big companies are using a public space to quibble.
The tech industry is constantly innovating and evolving. However, we did not jump from using pigeon post to texting in a day--these innovation evolved upon one another--and not all of them were made by the same person. I find it extremely unprofessional for such a technological giant having to concentrate some of its efforts towards efforts of claiming or suing other companies for patent rights.
Funny illustration of kids hitting each other. And effective too! Just curious, if you think it's juvenile for Google to act this way, what do you think they should do instead?
ReplyDeleteI think it is pretty childish of Google and other companies to always have one sight on who they can sue and who's new invention might be infringing on their own. In the tech world, inventions build upon each other--thus logically patents will too. There needs to be more transparency and flexibility among patents.
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