“We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it.”
…Edobe You have to make the product and sell it. Google is most likely signed on as a reseller of the Nexus One. HTC probably pays Google a licensing fee for their logo, but not the OS.That’s probably why HTC is able to release phones like the Nexus One without google branding. The product is owned and supported by HTC and Google is one of the sales channels.However, based on my experience, my guess is that Apple has several innovations up their sleeve coming up shortly and this is a preemptive warning that they will come hard after anyone trying to copy their software. Not sure if anyone followed the Nokia v. Apple suit. But it was essentially about Nokia wanting to cross license Apple patents. Nokia realized that Apple had very specific implementation patents for key features. When Apple was unwilling to do so, they sued Apple to get them to the bargaining table and cross license.HTC like most if not all Taiwanese and Korean manufacturers have no problems with copying patents, weakening the competition and…
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