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Inventive warfare.

The article focuses on patents and intellectual property in the United States in 2011. It states that internet company Google's acquisition of handset manufacturer Motorola will provide Google with 17,000 existing patents which should help with Google's efforts to get its Android operating system on...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 400; no. 8747; pp. 57 - 59
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/20/2011
Subjects:
Patents
Patent law
Google Inc.
Motorola Inc.
Smartphones
Reforms
Intellectual property
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on patents and intellectual property in the United States in 2011. It states that internet company Google's acquisition of handset manufacturer Motorola will provide Google with 17,000 existing patents which should help with Google's efforts to get its Android operating system on more smartphones and mobile devices. It comments on a rise in patent lawsuits by rival companies. It talks about pending legislation that should reform many problems with the U.S. patent system.