Rockstar Consortium US LP et al v. Google Inc

Filing 126

MOTION to Compel by Rockstar Consortium US LP. (Attachments: # 1 Appendix of Exhibits ISO Motion to Compel, # 2 Affidavit of Amanda Bonn ISO Motion to Compel, # 3 Exhibit 1, # 4 Exhibit 2, # 5 Exhibit 3, # 6 Exhibit 4, # 7 Exhibit 5, # 8 Exhibit 6, # 9 Exhibit 7, # 10 Exhibit 8, # 11 Exhibit 9, # 12 Exhibit 10, # 13 Exhibit 11, # 14 Exhibit 12, # 15 Exhibit 13, # 16 Exhibit 14, # 17 Exhibit 15, # 18 Exhibit 16, # 19 Exhibit 17, # 20 Exhibit 18, # 21 Exhibit 19, # 22 Exhibit 20, # 23 Exhibit 21, # 24 Text of Proposed Order Granting Motion to Compel)(Bonn, Amanda)

Exhibit 18

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Google, Samsung, Huawei sued over Nortel patents
Thu, Oct 31 2013

By Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The group that owns thousands of former Nortel
patents filed a barrage of patent lawsuits on Thursday against cell phone
manufacturers including Google, the company it outbid in the Nortel bankruptcy
auction.
Rockstar, the consortium that bought the Nortel patents for $4.5 billion, sued
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, HTC Corp, Huawei and four other companies for
patent infringement in U.S. District Court in Texas. Rockstar is jointly owned by
Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony.
Google is accused of infringing seven patents. The patents cover technology
that helps match Internet search terms with relevant advertising, the lawsuit
said, which is the core of Google's search business.
A Google spokesman declined to comment. Representatives for Samsung, Huawei, HTC and Rockstar could not immediately be
reached.
Samsung, Huawei and HTC all manufacture phones that operate on Google's Android operating system, which competes fiercely
with Apple and Microsoft mobile products.
In 2011 Google placed an initial $900 million bid for Nortel's patents. Google increased its bid several times, ultimately offering as
much as $4.4 billion.
After losing out to Rockstar on the Nortel patents, Google went on to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, a deal driven partly
by Motorola's library of patents.
"Despite losing in its attempt to acquire the patents-in-suit at auction, Google has infringed and continues to infringe," the lawsuit
said.
Rockstar is seeking increased damages against Google, as it claims Google's patent infringement is willful, according to the
complaint.
The Google case in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas is Rockstar Consortium US LP and Netstar Technologies LLC vs.
Google, 13-893.
(Reporting by Dan Levine; editing by Andrew Hay and Leslie Adler)
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