Re:Verizon Explores Lower Price or Even Exit from Yahoo Deal
by DoctorNick on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:25PM
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This isn't a good comparison. Google specifically bought Motorolla to use their patent portfolio as a cudgel to keep all the other Android OEMs in line.
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Re:Verizon Explores Lower Price or Even Exit from Yahoo Deal
by sangnoir on Thursday December 15, 2016 @03:38PM
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> Google specifically bought Motorolla to use their patent portfolio as a cudgel to keep all the other Android OEMs in line.
Not just Android OEMs but other tech giants - remember this was not long after the Nortel/Rockstar episode. The patent cold war was heating up with proxy battles and occasional direct skirmishes; Google found itself with a 'patent-gap'. Fortunately things are much saner now after a change of management at several belligerents.