Google Just bought Motorola for 12.5 Billion

Quentin

15 years ago

Yes I believe going after the IPO portfolio.

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sbucciarel

Banned 15 years ago

I'm so sick of hearing about all those patent lawsuits, I hope this puts a curb on it. All these companies are so anti-competitive that they do whatever they can to hinder the competition launching their own products.

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JaxRolo 15 years ago

Its amazing how these companies keep changing hands!
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E. Brian Rose

15 years ago

Originally Posted by sbucciarel

I'm so sick of hearing about all those patent lawsuits, I hope this puts a curb on it. All these companies are so anti-competitive that they do whatever they can to hinder the competition launching their own products.

Ya, companies should just let their competitors grab whatever they need to succeed... Because you're sick of people protecting what is theirs.

While we are at it, let's just throw everybody's belongings into one big pot and we can just all share from here on out. Get rid of those stupid flags and armies and designer clothes. Let's build a campfire and sing Kumbaya in the nude.

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sbucciarel

Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

Ya, companies should just let their competitors grab whatever they need to succeed... Because you're sick of people protecting what is theirs.

While we are at it, let's just throw everybody's belongings into one big pot and we can just all share from here on out. Get rid of those stupid flags and armies and designer clothes. Let's build a campfire and sing Kumbaya in the nude.

You sing Kumbaya in the nude and then post a video. Really. Love to see it.

Your statement that I'm sick of people protecting what is theirs is ridiculous to say the least. That isn't what I said at all. If you follow all the patent wars, you will see that patent trolls have gotten way out of control and some courts are throwing them out of court.

Lately, companies such as Apple and Microsoft, afraid of Google Androids' rapid climb to success have been going after Android manufacturers in frivolous and practically baseless lawsuits to stop Androids' rapid growth. It's been happening so much lately that the slogan, "Why Innovate, Litigate", has been born in reference to the ridiculous amount of patent lawsuits, showing up on wallpapers posted by users on such popular social networking sites as Google+ and Facebook.

Google did this to protect Android from patent trolls. They will acquire 17,000 patents specifically related to mobile. Maybe then they can be patent trolls right back.

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CDarklock

15 years ago

Originally Posted by E. Brian Rose

Because you're sick of people protecting what is theirs.

I have no problem with people legitimately protecting their own patents on useful and productive inventions.

I have a problem with a patent system that allows someone to file and receive a patent on something that is unpatentable.

I have a problem with a legal system where it takes several years and millions of dollars to prove that the patent should never have been issued in the first place.

And I have a problem with the community of attorneys who willingly participate in this perversion of the system for profit.

Don't misunderstand; there are a great many patent owners - both individual and corporate - who have a legitimate invention that deserves patent protection, and there are a great many patent attorneys who are honest and ethical and upstanding people. I applaud all of them, and fully support their right to protect these significant and very necessary investments in progress.

But U.S. Patent 5443036 is a travesty:

1. A method of inducing aerobic exercise in an unrestrained cat comprising the steps of:

(a) directing an intense coherent beam of invisible light produced by a hand-held laser apparatus to produce a bright highly-focused pattern of light at the intersection of the beam and an opaque surface, said pattern being of visual interest to a cat; and

(b) selectively redirecting said beam out of the cat's immediate reach to induce said cat to run and chase said beam and pattern of light around an exercise area.

In other words, in 1993, Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott "invented" the process of shining a laser pointer and moving it around so your cat will chase it. They also applied for and received a patent on it.

Like to defend that one, Eric?

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sbucciarel

Banned 15 years ago

Originally Posted by CDarklock

But U.S. Patent 5443036 is a travesty:

In other words, in 1993, Kevin T. Amiss and Martin H. Abbott "invented" the process of shining a laser pointer and moving it around so your cat will chase it. They also applied for and received a patent on it.

I do that with my flashlight. Is that patent infringement?

Here's 32 more for entertainment value

The Most Ridiculous Patents: Patently Ridiculous - BusinessWeek

and even more here

Archive - Totally Absurd Inventions & Patents, America's Goofiest Patents

and then there's this

Letting Famous People Interact Online? Patented! Twitter Sued
from the oh-come-on dept

... Twitter is being sued for patent infringement over what may be one of the most ridiculous patents we've seen in a long time. The patent, 6,408,309, is for a "method and system for creating an interactive virtual community of famous people." And yes, the USPTO actually approved this.

Reading through the claims, however, not only suggest that this patent never should have gotten anywhere near being approved, but also raises serious questions about how Twitter infringes.

... An interactive virtual community of famous people? Seriously?

Letting Famous People Interact Online? Patented! Twitter Sued | Techdirt

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RyanHend

15 years ago

Google is trying to take Android to the next level to compete with the iPhone. Competition is good for us...

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Magnet4Marketing

15 years ago

Just another attempt for Google to dominate every market possible...

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XYZcontent 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Magnet4Marketing

Just another attempt for Google to dominate every market possible...

This is exactly what i thought.
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mojojuju 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Magnet4Marketing

Just another attempt for Google to dominate every market possible...

I heard that Google is going to buy Kraft Foods.
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- Floyd Fisher 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by mojojuju
  
  I heard that Google is going to buy Kraft Foods.
  
  That is one I wish they would....maybe Google would straighten out the Tassimo division.
  
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Ross Cohen

15 years ago

Sure is a crazy world we live in, at least from a business perspective it seems...

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MagicWhisper

15 years ago

Boy, Google is going to own everything.

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K Smith 15 years ago

It's funny the "updated" post linked quotes what other OEMs think about the acquisition.. Those quotes look like my email inbox just prior to a hyped up IM product launch: Canned
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Steadyon 15 years ago

Originally Posted by MagicWhisper

Boy, Google is going to own everything.

Yes. Google has plans to take over my water supply company. They are going to call it "Gargle"
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Fem

15 years ago

Well, Android is going to rock again! And yea, Microsoft plans will devastated one more time:-)

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Sohel Parvez

15 years ago

It will be challenge for Microsoft Windows-7 Mobile.

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Jay Moreno 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sohel Parvez

It will be challenge for Microsoft Windows-7 Mobile.

Windows 7 phone as hardly penetrated the smartphone market and figures for last month already show then on a decline in sales!

I would also take the sale as another indication how mobile marketing is expanding - if google spending $12billion dollars on mobile isn't an indication for you to start looking into mobile I don't what it is lol
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Doot

15 years ago

Google is dominating everything right now My big question is anyone going to be the google killer or in 20 years are we all going to be walking around with google chips implanted in each and every one of us

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Darrell Hagan

15 years ago

So did Google buy only Motorola's mobility business or the whole of Motorola?

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Jay Moreno

15 years ago

just mobility

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Johnsonton

15 years ago

Google always work hard to prove they are the best, I don't know what their major competitors Yahoo and Bing are going to do such diversification from Google.

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Vlad Romanov

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Johnsonton

Google always work hard to prove they are the best, I don't know what their major competitors Yahoo and Bing are going to do such diversification from Google.

You seriously believe Yahoo and Bing are Google's major competitors lol?

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Giani

15 years ago

If Google buys any of my website for even 1/1,000th of that price, I will ...

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drmani 15 years ago

This (from way back in 2010 ) may offer some perspective:

Communities Dominate Brands: Understanding Smartphone Market Share? Battle not for phones, is for platform!

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- TrafficParthenon 15 years ago
  
  Wow, Motorola has had a lot of changes in the past couple years. My mother works for them and she is the few remaining from their software development teams since they were all outsourced to India when they were acquired by Nokia.
  
  Hopefully this brings about a more positive time for Motorola.
  
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simonbuzz

Banned 15 years ago

Looks like Google is going to target almost very big market it can...

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azmanar

15 years ago

Hi,

Now Google can monitor the habits of 50% of the world's population.

The next thing we know, in order to switch on mobile phones, we have to plant microchips in our neck.

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royljestr

15 years ago

Does anyone ever get the feeling that Google is trying to take over the world??

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Mary Wilhite

15 years ago

Google is stretching themselves to cover the entire mobile world.
As we normally say the world is going mobile, perhaps it needs to be corrected as world is going "SMART" (mobile) ;-)

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jasonthewebmaster

Banned 15 years ago

Google just wants to own every single piece of it's supply chain from the phone manufacturing to the OS software to the very search engine we use... oh and they even own several fiber-optic high speed companies...

so yes, I think it's safe to say that Google is trying to take over the internet. *******s!

It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't government stooges who will most likely sell out and give in to government regulations etc. that will basically KILL our last frontier of free speech which is our beloved web.

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SKWeaver

15 years ago

The Big G marches on... acquiring (or consuming) whatever gets in its way...

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Sonny Am

15 years ago

With all the technology in development and more buyouts like this predicted, google may well take over the world.

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azmanar 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sonny Am

With all the technology in development and more buyouts like this predicted, google may well take over the world.

lol ...

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Melissa Welsh

15 years ago

Very interesting news, thank you for bring this to our attention as it is a big move.

I guess the Big G is expanding once again.

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Shannon Herod

15 years ago

Michael Tracey? Holy crap. I have not seen you post in ages. How are you feeling?

Shannon

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mrkallen

15 years ago

Good to hear that, Previously Google is working with samsung for phone but now I think they'll gonna do something different.

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confidencemagnet

15 years ago

You gotta give it to Google. They are like the Godfather, They're gonna give you an offer you can't refuse. Admob, Youtube, Etc. I think that they're main goal is to be the masters of the Internet world...you can't make a move without google giving you permission. You gotta respect their hustle.

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Fazal Mayar

15 years ago

yeah, read the news this is huge for google. Google is really a big beast right now.

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affiliatemoin

15 years ago

Still a long way to go the big G. They bought the Mobility of Motorolo only to stay competitive with the patents as the Apple and Microsoft has bought many in this space.

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