Google acquisition of MOTOROLA's mobile phone is approved

A China mobile Phone manufacturer sells for 1980 yuan of Windows Phone system smart cellphones, need each machine to Microsoft (the Po) pay $27 (about 172 yuan) patent fees, accounting for nearly 9% of the price. Rapid growth in the smartphone market, domestic handset industry or facing pay a huge sum of patent fees embarrassing reality.

The U.S. justice department announced on February 13,, approved Google (the Po) $12.5 billion acquisition of MOTOROLA (the Po) mobile deal, Google will than the first half access to relevant fastest regulatory approval, eventually completing the acquisition work. Industry insiders remind, Google acquisition MOTOROLA finish, will build more huge Android patent system, in and Microsoft, apple against at the same time, they may join in recent years the blustery patent litigation in smart phones, and in smart phones patent distribution is relatively weak domestic handset industry, it will face huge patent fees litigation risk.

In today's smartphone operating system market, Google Android, the leading development of Microsoft corp. 's Windows Phone and apple's ios, dominate the main market share.

With Google's biggest ever a takeover, Google will get MOTOROLA mobile 17000 patents, build a solid patent shields, against Microsoft and apple. As for Google, get these patents, not only for the defense Microsoft, apple's legal proceedings, are more likely to follow Microsoft, to other intelligent mobile phone manufacturer charge huge patent fees.

Android system no longer "free lunch". Microsoft seems to be looking for to a new profit growth point, is by its rival Google development, is famous for its Android operating system of spectacular kickoff. In the past year, Microsoft for some production Android cellphones and tablet computer company filed suit, ask its Android is some function contains part of the technology patent license fee payment. Earlier, Microsoft has and HTC electricity (HTC (the Po)) to reach an agreement, the latter a Android phone every production to Microsoft to pay $5 a patent license fee. It is reported, Microsoft has started and the world's largest Android phone manufacturers samsung (the Po) on the negotiations.

Google released data show that the current global each day 500000 Taiwan Android device activation, if Microsoft successfully from each machine Android devices charge $5, a year of collection of patent fees reaches as high as $910 million.

The risk of patent litigation mobile phone is no longer "Wolf" valid, in fact already on the part of the profits of the business to constitute the influence.

In the domestic market strength in HTC electricity what limelight (HTC) decided earlier this month, will not quarter earnings announced in the smart phone sales data. The personage inside course of study thinks, should know HTC, a decision may be a cause of the transparency of the investor of the question. But is facing some patent litigation HTC, and the other party proposed a patent license fee usually in sales of smart phones to calculate, the company had to take the measure.

According to media reports, not only production Android devices HTC needs to Microsoft to pay $5, production Microsoft Windows Phone operating system of mobile phones, also need to pay a royalty of $15, a quarter of the total patent fees paid to Microsoft to more than $80 million.

And for the domestic cellphone manufacturer is concerned, however, has not yet into Microsoft giant "aim at the mirror" range, but to see samsung and HTC experience, also don't steal joy. The industry speculated that, with companies such as Microsoft patent litigation past history, to "without a big pig" is not interested in it, once the enterprise to reach a given range; the patent license fee of the suits may blow on the face and come.