Rockstar, the consortium that bought the Nortel patents for $4.5 filed patent lawsuits against huge mobile device manufactures including Google, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, HTC Corp, Huawei and four other companies on Thursday before the U.S. District Court in Texas. Rockstar is a consortium jointly owned by Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony.
Google is accused of infringing seven patents including the technology that matches Internet search terms with relevant advertising being the hub of Google's search business. According to Reuters, a Google spokesman declined to comment while representatives for Samsung, Huawei, HTC and Rockstar were all unreachable.
Samsung, HTC Corp and Huawei all manufacture mobile phones running on Google's Android OS which directly compete with Apple and Microsoft mobile products.
In 2011, Google placed an initial $900 million bid for Nortel's patents which was eventually increased its bid to reach the offering as much as $4.4 billion. But after losing to Rockstar on the Nortel patents, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion driven by the latter’s patents. "Despite losing in its attempt to acquire the patents-in-suit at auction, Google has infringed and continues to infringe," the lawsuit said.
While Rockstar claims that Google’s patent infringement is wilful, Rockstar is now seeking for increased damages against the big G. The Google case in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas is Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC vs. Google, 13-893.
Source: Reuters
Google is accused of infringing seven patents including the technology that matches Internet search terms with relevant advertising being the hub of Google's search business. According to Reuters, a Google spokesman declined to comment while representatives for Samsung, Huawei, HTC and Rockstar were all unreachable.
Samsung, HTC Corp and Huawei all manufacture mobile phones running on Google's Android OS which directly compete with Apple and Microsoft mobile products.
In 2011, Google placed an initial $900 million bid for Nortel's patents which was eventually increased its bid to reach the offering as much as $4.4 billion. But after losing to Rockstar on the Nortel patents, Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion driven by the latter’s patents. "Despite losing in its attempt to acquire the patents-in-suit at auction, Google has infringed and continues to infringe," the lawsuit said.
While Rockstar claims that Google’s patent infringement is wilful, Rockstar is now seeking for increased damages against the big G. The Google case in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas is Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC vs. Google, 13-893.
Source: Reuters
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