Google has officially closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This could transform the search engine giant from a software player to a maker of hardware: smartphones, tablet PCs and even set-top boxes. More importantly for Google is gaining control of Motorola’s patent portfolio, which could help it fend off lawsuits from rivals such as Apple and Microsoft. “Ever since the acquisition was announced, it seems that the primary motivation for Google was to build up its [intellectual property] for the Android platform,” said Wayne Lam, senior analyst of wireless communications for IHS iSuppli.
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Google Gets Motorola's Patents - and Problems
Posted by: Peter Suciu May 22, 2012 01:28 PMGoogle has officially closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. This could transform the search engine giant from a software player to a maker of hardware: smartphones, tablet PCs and even set-top boxes. More importantly for Google is gaining control of Motorola’s patent portfolio, which could help it fend off lawsuits from rivals such as Apple and Microsoft. “Ever since the acquisition was announced, it seems that the primary motivation for Google was to build up its [intellectual property] for the Android platform,” said Wayne Lam, senior analyst of wireless communications for IHS iSuppli.