Skyhook Sues Google Over Location Technology
Skyhook Sues Google Over Location Technology
Posted 09/15/2010 at 2:04pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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The lawsuits sure have been flying Google's way as of late. Most recently, location tracking service Skyhook has gotten into the fray. Skyhook is claiming that Google's location mapping business is competing unfairly with that of Skyhook, and that Google is infringing Skyhook's patents.
The first suit relates to the search giant's supposed anti-competitive behavior. According to legal documents, Google used their market position to encourage handset makers to stop using Skyhook services. This caused contracts to be cancelled and cost Skyhook millions. The second suit claims that Google's attempts to map Wi-Fi access points is using Skyhook technology.
Google has not been served any papers as of yet, so they have not issued a statement. But we can imagine they'll probably call it baseless, then start the legal machine and send it after Skyhook.
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Lhot
September 15, 2010 at 2:58pm
....computing isn't the field to get into for job security...it's...it's...being a laywer and/or a judge.
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