New York: Google confirmed that it has added more IBM patents to its technology arsenal as smartphone rivals increasingly battle in courts over innovations.
The company has bouth another 188 US patents and 29 patents applications from IBM Corp.
Google has been buying patents from IBM and others over the past year to bolster its defenses against lawsuits over its Android smartphone software. Its used by a variety of manufacturers in phones that compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone.
In the biggest such deal, Google is buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion to get its hands on the patent trove. The Mountain View, Calif., company has also bought more than 1,000 patents from IBM of Armonk, NY.
The recent batch of patents acquired from IBM cover a range of technologies used in cellphones. The companies didn’t say how much Google paid for them. The transfers were registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last week.
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