Samsung passes the buck to Google for alleged Apple patent violations

[Wireless News]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/7ZtYYSqogMa9kzqCN381WQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/samsung-android-sign-bgr.jpeg (http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-passes-buck-google-alleged-apple-patent-violations-192156090.html)Samsung has apparently come up with a new strategy to get Apple to stop beating it up for $1 billion patent verdicts: Pass the buck to Google. NPR reporter Laura Sydell reports that Samsung attorney John Quinn argued during his-opening remarks in the latest patent trial with Apple that “all the software on its [Galaxy Nexus] phone-was created by Google” and that this software “is used by a lot of companies,” not just Samsung. Quinn went on to argue that Apple’s real beef is with Google and that its real target is every Android-based device now on the market. San Jose Mercury News reporter Howard Mintz comments that Samsung is “clearly going to use Google as this ginormous tech shield



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