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3/6/12 at 5:51am
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The Motorola Mobility unit and Google must also hand over to Apple information about Google’s pending $12.5 billion acquisition of the mobile-phone maker, U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner in Chicago ruled yesterday.


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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-06/google-ordered-by-judge-to-give-apple-information-on-android-development.html

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/google-motorola-must-hand-over-android-data-to-apple/70860
Edited by jellythecake - 3/6/12 at 5:53am
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3/6/12 at 6:06am
So much bullcrap. Tired of Apple being hand-fed stuff they don't deserve.
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3/6/12 at 6:26am
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Why do they need to get such data and documentation? This isn't very funny.
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3/6/12 at 6:31am
I wish Apple's suppliers would just shut down their sales to apple... Too bad it's never gonna happen.
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I wish Apple's suppliers would just shut down their sales to apple... Too bad it's never gonna happen.

It COULD happen if all the manufacturers agree that Apple is trying to stifle competition and all jump on Apple threatening to cut off all support. It WON'T happen because of the money Apple pays those companies. Perhaps if Google chimes in and offers to match the money Apple pays them to turn around and cut off all supply it would happen. Not really monopolization as they would simply be paying for an exclusivity agreement.
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3/6/12 at 6:50am
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I wish Apple's suppliers would just shut down their sales to apple... Too bad it's never gonna happen.

It COULD happen if all the manufacturers agree that Apple is trying to stifle competition and all jump on Apple threatening to cut off all support. It WON'T happen because of the money Apple pays those companies. Perhaps if Google chimes in and offers to match the money Apple pays them to turn around and cut off all supply it would happen. Not really monopolization as they would simply be paying for an exclusivity agreement.
That is effectively what Intel got into trouble for years back.
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3/6/12 at 6:52am
I'm confused?

Android is open source, so Apple can get all of the code without a court order.

Now, Motorola's craptastic version of android "blur" is another story. I don't believe they release the source for blur, so that may be what this is really all about.
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I'm confused?

Android is open source, so Apple can get all of the code without a court order.

Now, Motorola's craptastic version of android "blur" is another story. I don't believe they release the source for blur, so that may be what this is really all about.

Apple's just mad. They're throwing a tantrum over Google's acquisition of Motorola and all those pretty patents that they're handing out to Apple's competition since it is cutting down on things Apple can try to patent troll with.
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3/6/12 at 6:56am
Apple wants to be the monopoly and will fight tooth and nail to remove anyone else from the party on the grounds that they have an unfair advantage...

Looks like more Apple hypocrisy to me.
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3/6/12 at 7:02am
Well, like anyone in the tech industry, you're going to look at competition offerings for what you can provide. Whether source code was taken from Apple when the former exec was there and migrated to Android, but no dev group would be stupid enough to copy and paste code--if the code is obtained and examined and there's even one minuscule difference then it will spell the end of Apple's efforts on this. Wasn't HTC granted Apple's iOS source code in another lawsuit (maybe in another country), or am I just imagining this?

But this is a funny and amusing point:
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Motorola Mobility opposed Apple’s request, arguing that Google, the operator of the world’s most-visited Internet search portal, isn’t a party to the lawsuit.

“Google’s employees and documents are not within the ‘possession, custody, or control’ of Motorola, and Motorola cannot force Google to produce documents or witnesses over Google’s objections,” lawyers for the mobile phone maker said in a court filing earlier yesterday.

I've wondered from the start why Apple is going after Motorola regarding OS code that moto did not develop nor owns to any capacity. Apple has yet to directly attack Google, and I'm curious why (other than obvious possibilities like they know that the accusations won't hold up in court). Of course because it's just the weaker target in terms of resources and money.

I'm also wondering who is on these juries for these cases. Most people know Apple and Android, and know there are disagreements between the two, and a lot of people probably have either of these devices. That leaves an elderly population for the most part, so it will be very interesting to see if presentations of cases are conducted while keeping this in mind.
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