Who Owns Android’s Future? Google — Or Apple?

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Google’s upstart smartphone OS has taken the industry by storm. Sure, Android isn’t the biggest phone platform, but with 60,000 handsets shipping daily, it’s become a force to be reckoned with. Want proof? A sure sign of success for a product is the point when competitors come after it, and Android definitely has a target on its back. Apple fired the first shot with its patent infringement law suit against HTC, and Microsoft recently has indicated it believes Android is stepping on its intellectual property. Google had better be preparing a strategy to defend against these and future claims.

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James Kendrick

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