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Dennis Woodside Becomes CEO Of Motorola Mobility
Google CEO Larry Page has confirmed that Google has officially acquired Motorola Mobility. “Sanjay Jha, who was responsible for building the company and placing that big bet on Android, has stepped down as CEO. I would like to thank him for his efforts and am tremendously pleased that he will be working to ensure a smooth transition as long-time Googler Dennis Woodside takes over as CEO of Motorola Mobility,” said Page. Woodside expanded Google’s business across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Russia. Woodside also helped Google’s revenue increase from $10.8 billion to $17.5 billion in under three years as the President of the Americas region.
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Motorola Mobility Acquisition Will Close This Week
Over the weekend, Google was given clearance from the Chinese government to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. Today Motorola Mobility filed an 8-K form that says the deal will be closed in the next couple of business days. Next a “listening tour” will take place where new management will visit the whole operation. They will see what everyone does and make decisions. One of the biggest decisions could be headcount reduction, which would effect as high as 30% of Motorola’s staff.
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China Approves Google’s Acquisition Of Motorola Mobility
When Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, it was subject to government regulation. The U.S. and European governments approved the acquisition, but the government in China was still reviewing it up until now. Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick has confirmed that the Chinese authorities have approved of the deal, which means that the search giant can finally conclude the deal.
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ITC Judge Rules Apple Violating Motorola Mobility Patent
International Trade Commission Judge Thomas Pender has ruled that Apple is infringing on a Motorola Mobility patent in making iPhones, iPads, and other products. Google is in the process of acquiring Motorola Mobility. Motorola filed lawsuits against Apple in Illinois and Florida district courts. In a preliminary hearing, Pender said that Apple did not violate three other patents. The whole commission will now review the decision by the judge.
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Rumor: Google May Sell Motorola’s Hardware Division To Huawei
Google announced that they would be acquiring Motorola Mobility about 8 months ago for $12.5 billion. Between now and then, the government went from questioning the deal to approving of it. Google gained 17,000 patents through the acquisition to help them protect Android, but Motorola has massive overhead.
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Apple Says Their Nano-SIM Standard Will Be Royalty-Free If ETSI Approves
Currently there are two rival nano-SIM designs being developed. There is only room to become an industry standard. Nokia, Motorola, RIM and Apple are all working on their own designs. Apple sent a letter to the European Telecoms Standards Institute (ETSI) to say that they are ready to license their nano-SIM design royalty-free as long as it becomes the new standard and if other nano-SIM patent holders are ready to reciprocate the same. This shows that Apple is not interested in profiting from this format. However Nokia has indicated that they prefer their own design. [FOSS Patents]
Dennis Woodside Replaces Sanjay Jha As CEO Of Motorola Mobility
That was fast. Ten days after Google received approval to buy Motorola, Google has replaced Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha with one of their own named Dennis Woodside. Woodside is currently Google President of Americas Operations and has worked at Google in different positions since 2003. [Bloomberg]
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Microsoft Files Antitrust Complaint Against Motorola With European Commission Over Patents
What does Microsoft and Apple have in common this month? Microsoft has joined Apple in filing an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission based on the grounds that Motorola has been unfairly leveraging their patents. Motorola used their patents to demand a 2.25% royalty from Apple from certain devices.
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Categories Apple Inc., Dave Heiner, Google, Microsoft Corporation, Motorola Mobility
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Apple Files Complaint With EU Accusing Motorola Of Violating Fair Terms On Patents
Motorola Mobility said that Apple has filed a complaint with the European Union against them accusing the company of violating a pledge to license industry-standard patents on fair terms. Motorola was notified about the complaint by the European Commission. However Motorola Mobility spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson said that the company is willing to negotiate a patent license with Apple.
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Google Receives Approval To Buy Motorola
Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility has been approved. However the U.S. and European Union government said that they will be ensuring that patents critical to the telecom industry would not be abused.
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Categories Google, Joaquin Almunia, Motorola, Motorola Mobility, Nortel Networks, Novell
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