Google accused Microsoft, Apple and Oracle of orchestrating a plot against Android

The director of legal department at Google, David Drummond, on Thursday accused Microsoft, Apple and Oracle "orchestrating a campaign hostile" acquisition of patents stop the success of the Android operating system, according to public in the company's blog.
The Californian company executive stated that these three giants TECHNOLOGICAL, along with others, agreed to buy patents for software companies Nortel and Novell "to ensure, Rift Power leveling, that Google did not get".
Segna Drummond, the purpose of the plan is to charge 15 dollars per Google Android device to hit the market in respect of right to use patented technology.
"An attempt to make more expensive for manufacturers to use Android (we provide free) Windows Mobile," said Drummond.
Since its debut in 2008, Android has grown to, everquest 2 platinum, more popular operating system in the world for "smartphones" with a market share of 48 percent, according to data from the second quarter of the year of the consulting Canalys.
"Ms than 550,000 Android devices are activated every daa travs a network of 39 distributors and 231 manufacturers," said the manager of Google.
"Patents encourage Tenan aim estn & innovation, but lately, being used as weapons to, dcuo cash, stop it," he says.
Drummond said the development of a high-end Telephone may involve around 250,000 patent claims and that competitors want to "impose a fee."
"Instead of competing by taking new characteristics or equipment, they do litigate," said the manager which considered this strategy as "anticompetitive" and warned that a bubble was forming in the market for patents.
"The victory of Microsoft and Apple (the auction) for a list of Nortel patents for 4,500 million dollars was almost five times the estimated price before the bid of 1,000 million," says Drummond, who hopes These acquisitions are investigated by competition authorities in the U.S.
Microsoft, Apple and Oracle have not addressed the accusations of an executive at Google.
Google has a small number of patents and has been trying to extend their licenses to avoid possible litigation. Recently acquired a thousand licenses they'd been developed by IBM.