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Google lawsuit against Rockstar to stay in California |
April 18, 2014
A Google complaint against Apple-backed patent consortium Rockstar will stay in a California court rather than be moved to Texas where Rockstar already has patent lawsuits against Google’s Android partners, the California court ordered Thursday.Backed by Microsoft, Apple, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony, Rockstar acquired Nortel Networks’ patents for US$4.5 billion after outbidding Google in 2011.Rockstar, which created a subsidiary called MobileStar Technologies in Plano, Texas a day ahead of filing its lawsuits, has wanted the California action by Google to be dismissed or transferred to the Texas court, which is generally seen as being more friendly to holders of patents.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2145640/google-lawsuit-against-rockstar-to-stay-in-california.html#tk.rss_all
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