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Splitting the Arrow Through the Axe Head: Is Android Google’s Trojan Horse, Oracle’s Siren Song or will this Odyssey have a new ending

Why? That’s the question we’ve been asking ourselves. Maybe its obvious to most of the capital markets and pundits alike, but… standing upon the proverbial rock from which we survey the “weather” on the financial horizon… we have to wonder why Oracle would sue Google for distributing a free product that is based, in part, on another free product? Why would Oracle put the lifespan of Android (and likely the Java ecosystem as a whole) at risk of near-term death?

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Kodak: Is a picture really worth $3 billion? Intellectual Property Analysis of Kodak

Kodak, once an iconic name in photography, is now all but a fading Polaroid of its former legacy. Its digital imaging portfolio – ironically brushed aside by Kodak’s own management at the time – is being seen as the company’s saving grace. M•CAM suggests a Caveat Emptor: The over 1,000 patents involved in digital imaging should be seen through a quality and enforceability lens, so that the price of any transaction can be right-sized from the start.

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Intellectual Property Analysis of Google’s IBM Patent Acquisition

In April 2011, Google’s statement of its Nortel auction bid alluded to the latest buzzword of the tech industry: patent trolls. In the past year alone, almost forty Android-related lawsuits have been filed by entities that may be attempting to stifle or monetize on the success of the Android OS – a platform that is activated in more than 550,000 devices each day. While some of these lawsuits specifically target Google, many of them target device-makers utilizing the Android platform.

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