Microsoft supplies its own mobile operating system to handset makers and is reportedly planning to unveil three Windows Phone 7 smart phones next month made by South Korea's Samsung and LG Electronics and Taiwan's HTC.
Patent lawsuits are a regular occurrence among technology giants.
Apple is currently being sued by Finnish mobile phone company Nokia for patent infringement and has fired back with a countersuit against Nokia.
HTC, a major handset maker, and Apple are also currently suing each other over patent claims involving Android-powered phones.
US business software maker Oracle has filed suit against Google, charging that its Android software infringes on Java technology patents held by Oracle stemming from its recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
In June, Canada's Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry, and Motorola reached a settlement to their long-running patent disputes.
In a blog post, Gutierrez referenced the other lawsuits over Android.
"The rules of the road are long-established in the software industry, and fundamental to the industry's growth and economic impact is respect for others' intellectual property rights," he said.
"Our action today merely seeks to ensure respect for our intellectual property rights infringed by Android devices; and judging by the recent actions by Apple and Oracle, we are not alone in this respect," he said.
Microsoft's Windows mobile operating system has been losing ground in recent years to Nokia's Symbian, Apple's iPhone, RIM's BlackBerry and Google's Android.
According to research company Gartner, Symbian will hold a 40.1 per cent operating system market share at the end of 2010 followed by Android with 17.7 per cent, BlackBerry with 17.5 per cent, Apple with 15.4 per cent and Windows Mobile from Microsoft with 4.7 per cent.
No comments:
Post a Comment