[SGVLUG] ****** Microsoft succeeds in claim over Android ******

[John E. Kreznar]

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Any merit to the Microsoft claims in this case?


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3eda5cb4-52ed-11df-813e-00144feab49a.html



   ****** Microsoft succeeds in claim over Android ******

   By Richard Waters in San Francisco

   Published: April 28 2010 20:25 | Last updated: April 28 2010 20:25

   Microsoft has succeeded in staking its first claim over some of the
   intellectual property in Google's Android operating system...

   The agreement acknowledges Microsoft's claim over parts of the
   Android software...

   ...rival claims over Android reflect the intense competition that
   has broken out in touchscreen smartphones as technology companies
   from different backgrounds, each with a different portfolio of
   patents and other intellectual property, have converged on the
   market.

   Microsoft indicated that it was seeking to press its Android claims
   further.  The company intends to make sure "competitors do not
   free-ride on our innovations", said Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft's
   deputy general counsel...

   Microsoft's effort to assert its rights over the intellectual
   property in Android echoes a similar battle it has fought for
   almost a decade over the Linux operating system, which it claims
   also infringes on its patents.

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 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13

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