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Threatening to go after other Android partners makes little sense for Motorola. It's not something Motorola would do to get most profit from it. If Motorola has

by asknemo 15y ago

Threatening to go after other Android partners makes little sense for Motorola. It's not something Motorola would do to get most profit from it. If Motorola has threatened Google something, it would be to sell to Microsoft. That will make much more sense.

aaronbrethorst 15y ago
I would bring up IP as a very important for differentiation (among Android vendors). We have a very large IP portfolio, and I think in the long term, as things settle down, you will see a meaningful difference in positions of many different Android players. Both, in terms of avoidance of royalties, as well as potentially being able to collect royalties. And that will make a big difference to people who have very strong IP positions. http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/11/motorolas-sanjay-jha-openly-admits-they-plan-to-collect-ip-royalties-from-other-android-makers/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/11/motorolas-sanjay-jha-o...
- asknemo 15y ago
  That doesn't mean the action make sense. My point is that it won't make sense for Motorola to do that, not whether they did or did not do it. Google can easily tell them that if they do that prematurely, Android ecosystem will fail, rocking the same boat they are in. Sensibly, you can't get much royalties from a failed platform, and Apple/Microsoft won't give Motorola any medals for going that path.
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- thomholwerda 15y ago
  Could somebody - for the love of god - FINALLY explain to me where in this quote he is saying they're going to sue other Android phone makers? Because all I'm reading is Motorola explaining IP is going to be a differentiating factor - both in terms of avoiding royalties and collecting them. The "...from Android phone makers" is added to the "collecting them" by the guy who wrote that article - very disingenuous, and of course, folk like Gruber gobble it up without a second thought. Pathetic.

by asknemo 15y ago

aaronbrethorst 15y ago

I would bring up IP as a very important for differentiation (among Android vendors). We have a very large IP portfolio, and I think in the long term, as things settle down, you will see a meaningful difference in positions of many different Android players. Both, in terms of avoidance of royalties, as well as potentially being able to collect royalties. And that will make a big difference to people who have very strong IP positions. http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/11/motorolas-sanjay-jha-openly-admits-they-plan-to-collect-ip-royalties-from-other-android-makers/ http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/08/11/motorolas-sanjay-jha-o...

asknemo 15y ago
That doesn't mean the action make sense. My point is that it won't make sense for Motorola to do that, not whether they did or did not do it. Google can easily tell them that if they do that prematurely, Android ecosystem will fail, rocking the same boat they are in. Sensibly, you can't get much royalties from a failed platform, and Apple/Microsoft won't give Motorola any medals for going that path.
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thomholwerda 15y ago
Could somebody - for the love of god - FINALLY explain to me where in this quote he is saying they're going to sue other Android phone makers? Because all I'm reading is Motorola explaining IP is going to be a differentiating factor - both in terms of avoiding royalties and collecting them. The "...from Android phone makers" is added to the "collecting them" by the guy who wrote that article - very disingenuous, and of course, folk like Gruber gobble it up without a second thought. Pathetic.