- Manufacturers of mobile phones Android is to shore up the “coalition of evil”, including the names of blood in the technology world, in the legal battle. The purpose of this alliance is to submerge the Android operating system.
“The alliance of evil” against Android
The patent lawsuit was in quite a complex and growing number of companies to court to “make money” each other. Specifically, Apple is suing the company announced HTC with violating Apple’s patents. HTC is suing Apple for allegedly against the same. Microsoft is joining Apple event with Motorola.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has obtained license fee is $ 15 per phone HTC sold. Apple and Samsung provided about patents and Oracle is suing all manufacturers making Android phones.
The reason manufacturers do not use Android phone accessories manufacturers use this operating system because they form a coalition to acquire a range of Nortel patents when the corporation declared bankruptcy bankruptcy last year. Because Nortel is a manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in North America’s largest in decades past, holding hands most of the patents underlying technology in your phone.
By acquiring this technology, manufacturers do not use Android decided to use that license as a nuclear weapon of the smartphone, aimed at implementation intentions buried manufacturers Android in the case license conditions.
All major manufacturers are not using Android are members of the venture, including Microsoft and Apple, and even RIM, Sony, EMC and Ericsson. Reproduction of the incident as a gang of big presses a young guy. And that could create a “coalition of evil” illegal.
American Antitrust Institute (administration) has asked the Ministry of Justice (DOJ) to this country to intervene and investigate whether the alliance (called Rockstar Bidco) is legal or not. Administration clearly thinks they are not legitimate and pointed out that the alliance had bid a price higher than 5 times the price Google spent to buy some of Nortel patents.
This problem can only be solved if Google is the judge banned the case until the monopoly in question is resolved, otherwise the members of the Rockstar able to release the case to Google press buried on the legal battle. Because the market front, this can hardly happen. Although Google is a giant not easy to play but the members of the Rockstar will make Google to spend money and can interfere with retail sales Android phone.
The biggest losers are the buyers smartphone
So why the alliance is to completely destroy Android. Perhaps because Android is deep and penetrating the market with dizzying growth, about 500,000 Android enabled devices each day, this speed makes Apple and RIM is hard to catch up. This has made for other manufacturers to “gai eyes.”
Of course the giant Microsoft is worried about Android devices massively outsold Windows Mobile 7, which makes the product work on this operating system is difficult to develop. Companies fear that Android will dominate the global market. Therefore, the decision to beat Google in court are more feasible on the market front.
However, the case does not bring benefits to all stakeholders and consumers. This will increase the price of the phone. If the developers that Android, the case makes them more difficult to produce devices of this type, they will have to move to other platforms. This will harm the Android ecosystem.
Companies sue Google and Android phone makers will also notice, they will take time and money to pursue the case. No matter which side wins, maybe the phone manufacturers continue to exist but clearly, their improvements will perform as well as in the old environment.
If Android death, the source of innovation will die with them. Even if Android win, the Android phone sales also dropped in the market for this type of phone prices will rise. So consumers will be the biggest losers no matter the opponent wins the case.Source:vietnamandroid.com
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