Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has been characterized, so far, by a few simple and overarching story lines: Will it be approved by U.S. and European regulatory authorities? Ditto for other countries’ legal infrastructure, such as China. Will complaints from competitors such as Apple lead the European Commission to start focusing right out of the gate on how Google is using and — according to competitors — abusing its new patent portfolio? Indeed, that latter point is the overarching theme of the pending acquisition: The reason Google is believed to have sought out this portfolio was to better arm itself for the patent wars.
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Google's Murky Motorola Plans
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 12, 2012 01:31 PMGoogle’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has been characterized, so far, by a few simple and overarching story lines: Will it be approved by U.S. and European regulatory authorities? Ditto for other countries’ legal infrastructure, such as China. Will complaints from competitors such as Apple lead the European Commission to start focusing right out of the gate on how Google is using and — according to competitors — abusing its new patent portfolio? Indeed, that latter point is the overarching theme of the pending acquisition: The reason Google is believed to have sought out this portfolio was to better arm itself for the patent wars.