The American group Google, announced Monday, April 4, he had made an offer of $ 900 million (634 million euros) to acquire "the patent portfolio of technology group in the Canadian Nortel Auction related to its bankruptcy. " Google intends to protect themselves against potential future prosecution of patent infringement.
The offer comes as Google co-founder Larry Page, 38, took office Monday as Group Chief Executive, replacing Eric Schmidt. Nortel said the portfolio included approximately 6,000 patents and applications for digital technologies of communication or mobile phone. Google's offer is the first to acquire these assets, which will be auctioned in June officially covered under the agreement of the Canadian and U.S.
authorities. Tech News Buzz Technologies has recently seen an explosion of litigation around patents, which threatens innovation, "said Kent Walker, general counsel of Google, a blog on the group. PATENT PUNITIVE "Some of these lawsuits were filed by people or companies who have never created anything, others are motivated by the desire to block the emergence of competing products or benefit from the success of a competing technology, "he added.
"One of the best defenses against this type of prosecution is (ironically) to have a wonderful range of patents," he said. "Google is a relatively young company and although we have a growing number of patents, many of our competitors have a more substantial because of their longer life," noted Walker.
He also believes the patent portfolio of Nortel could "discourage others from pursuing Google" and also support the development of open source projects such as Android and Chrome. Since August 2010, Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and head of the company since 1992 Interval Licensing, has launched in a particular case against several computer giants, including Facebook, Apple, Google and eBay. 
The offer comes as Google co-founder Larry Page, 38, took office Monday as Group Chief Executive, replacing Eric Schmidt. Nortel said the portfolio included approximately 6,000 patents and applications for digital technologies of communication or mobile phone. Google's offer is the first to acquire these assets, which will be auctioned in June officially covered under the agreement of the Canadian and U.S.
authorities. Tech News Buzz Technologies has recently seen an explosion of litigation around patents, which threatens innovation, "said Kent Walker, general counsel of Google, a blog on the group. PATENT PUNITIVE "Some of these lawsuits were filed by people or companies who have never created anything, others are motivated by the desire to block the emergence of competing products or benefit from the success of a competing technology, "he added.
"One of the best defenses against this type of prosecution is (ironically) to have a wonderful range of patents," he said. "Google is a relatively young company and although we have a growing number of patents, many of our competitors have a more substantial because of their longer life," noted Walker.
He also believes the patent portfolio of Nortel could "discourage others from pursuing Google" and also support the development of open source projects such as Android and Chrome. Since August 2010, Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and head of the company since 1992 Interval Licensing, has launched in a particular case against several computer giants, including Facebook, Apple, Google and eBay.
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