British Telecom is claiming billions of dollars of damages from Google in a lawsuit filed in the US which says that the Android mobile operating system infringes a number of the telecoms company’s key patents.The lawsuit, filed in the state of Delaware in the US, relates to six patents which BT says are infringed by the Google Maps, Google Music, location-based advertising and Android Market products on Android.To read this report in The Guardian in full, see:
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UK-based telecoms group BT is suing Google in the US over claims that six of its patents have been infringed.The British company’s complaints centre on technologies at the core of Google’s Android mobile system, search site, and a wide range of other services.BT is seeking unspecified damages and an injunction against Google’s continued use of its innovations.
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