As we all know that there is an ongoing Patent war between google and its competitors, Just as we were thinking that google is down and out in this war by loosing nortel patents and war of words with Microsoft, Google fired back and this time google is well into game with a bang.
Google today announced that it is acquiring Motorola Mobility. The search and online advertising company is buying the company for approximately $12.5 billion (or $40 per share), in cash. The price represents a premium of 63 percent to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares last Friday. Google had about $39 billion in cash at last count.
Now here comes the important part, According to PR
The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated Android partner, will enable Google to supercharge the Android ecosystem and will enhance competition in mobile computing. Motorola Mobility will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. Google will run Motorola Mobility as a separate business.
The Motorola Company holds approximately 14,600 granted patents and 6,700 pending patent applications, worldwide.
Acquiring Motorola Mobility Gives necessary strength to google in order to compete with the likes of Microsoft, Apple etc.
It also brings Google at par with Apple, as google will now have its own hardware and Software…
We are not sure how other big android players like Samsung, htc etc will react to this, but we know one thing for sure that it is not a good news for Microsoft in terms of Patent War.
Read Full Press Release Here.
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