The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility is expected to close next week. This deal is just pending approval from the Justice Department. Google will gain access to 17,000 additional patents through the acquisition, which is already being used to sue Apple for 2.25% of sales royalties.

This past May Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced a partnership at the I/O conference that they have made a deal so that any new Android phone would receive OS updates for at least 18 months following the launch. The partnership is called the Google Update Alliance. Motorola, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sony Ericsson are a part of the Update Alliance. Sony Ericsson is the only company that has kept up with the partnership. In fact Sony Ericsson released new versions of Android to all phones that are less than 18 months.

The images and technical specifications of the Motorola Droid 4 will be available on the Verizon 4G LTE network. The Droid 4 is expected to be released on December 8th. Droid 4 has a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 4-inch screen, and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. [Droid-Life]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is in the midst of a patent war with Motorola Mobility, a company that Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced that they would be acquiring. Through the acquisition, Google gets access to 17,000 Motorola patents. Using those patents, Motorola won an injunction against Apple in Germany. However this judgment does not mean that Apple will be stopped from selling their products in Germany. This is because the lawsuit took aim at Apple Inc. as a whole rather than their local subsidiary in that region.

As Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) prepares to acquire Motorola Mobility, the telecommunications company is going to dispose of about 800 jobs. This will cost Motorola $27 million pretax in severance and $4 million pretax in facility closures according to a regulatory filing. Google is spending $12.5 billion to buy-out Motorola Mobility.

Verizon Wireless has announced the details about the DROID RAZR. The DROID RAZR has the Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) operating system built in. The DROID RAZR utilizes the 4G LTE network. The DROID RAZR has a dual-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz.

Motorola has launched a teaser for the Droid RAZR (Motorola Spyder). The teaser shows that the RAZR is ultra-thin and has a 4G LTE connection. The Droid RAZR has a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and has a qHD Super AMOLED display. [Droid-Life]

Intellectual Ventures has recently sued Motorola over a patent dispute for Android. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in the process of acquiring Motorola Mobility. Google is also an investor in Intellectual Ventures so they are getting sued by a company in which they are an owner.