Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman to Google Inc
(NASDAQ:GOOG), expressed his frustration, and blatant annoyance at the patent
wars which mobile companies seem so eager to slap on one another at the drop of
a hat. However, in stead of keeping it completely generic, he made it clear
that he was slightly taken aback by Apple’s relentless attacks upon phone
companies which used the Android Operating Services.
According to Schmidt, who was speaking at a news
conference in Korea, patent lawsuits are useless, since the real grounds of
fights between the phone-companies should always be the market where they can
fight as fairly as possible. According to him, the patent wars hindered
innovation as well as inventiveness and ultimately they did not achieve any
real goals, apart from bringing one another down. It is a waste of resources as
well as energy, which could be put to better use by the companies.
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Schmidt said that Google was against the idea of
patent wars. He went on the elaborate that there were so many kinds of patent
lawsuits that companies, through these patents, were able to shut down the
distribution of the others’ products. The patents were especially existent in
the mobile phone company world, were about twenty thousand odd patents could be
twisted and tangled, to be held up against one another.
When referring to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), he said
that there were many more prior arts in the market, and that he did not want to
talk about this any further, but that he disapproved of Apple’s constant patent
lawsuits. The lawsuits, however, may not just be directed at the mobile
companies, but also at Google. This is what some sources are suggesting. While
Google has been maintaining a very diplomatic stance, by saying that Apple is a
good partner to have, and to work with, Apple is making it quite clear that
they do not want their Google based apps anymore.
Google however, says that the ecosystem is
developing, and that they are not taking stands, but are trying to help with
this development, in any way they can.
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