For the last few years, Microsoft, Apple and other proprietary mobile makers have been picking off Android suppliers such as Samsung without taking on Google directly.
All that changed when the proprietary outfits formed an glorious alliance of patent trolls called Rockstar. The aim of Rockstar was to use every trick in the patent troll’s handbook to bring Android to its knees.
Now Google has filed a new lawsuit to challenge Rockstar claiming that is using dubious patents to threaten its partners and customers in the mobile device industry.
In a complaint filed Monday in San Jose, Google claims that Rockstar’s patent campaign has “placed a cloud on Google’s Android platform,” threatening Nexus devices in particular.
For the first time Google is stepping in to protect ASUS and other companies that use Android.
Rockstar filed a wave of lawsuits in late October which many think could spell the end of Android.
ASUS, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantech, Samsung, and ZTE have all been targeted with threats.
Jobs’ Mob, Vole and BlackBerry spent $4.5 billion in 2012 for a trove of patents from Nortel and is using them to try and kill Android.
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