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Google blasts Microsoft, Nokia for hiding behind patent trolls

Google today filed a complaint with the Europe Commission and sent a report to the Federal Trade Commission complaining that Microsoft and Nokia are funding patent trolls in order to discourage device makers from using the Android mobile operating system.

The documents are not suits, but rather informational reports sent to regulators to make them aware of actions that Google believes are anti-competitive. Google submitted the documents to preempt Microsoft and Nokia from using proxies to wage patent wars against companies that might otherwise use Android.

"Nokia and Microsoft are colluding to raise the costs of mobile devices for … Read more

Apple sued by company in patent deal with Microsoft

A Luxembourg company that Microsoft has a financial interest in has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple, opening a new front in the intellectual-property wars.

Core Wireless Licensing SARL claims in a lawsuit filed last week in Eastern Texas District Court that Apple infringed on eight patents related to 2G, 3G, and 4G communication protocols used in the company's iPhone and iPad devices. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and future royalty payments for "each and every product sold by Apple in the future that is found to infringe," according to The Wall Street Journal.

Apple representatives did … Read more