Google has sold a number of patents to HTC so that the mobile-manufacturer can sue Apple.
The nine patents, which Google itself bought from Motorola, Palm and other companies less than a year ago, concern Google’s Android operating system. In a sign both that Google is unwilling to sue Apple directly and also that the ‘patent wars’ between major manufacturers are further hotting up, HTC has now filed claims against Apple, while also itself being sued by the iPhone maker.
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