Google Starts to Face Pressure as Android Patent Rulings Roll In
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Google Inc. is facing potential setbacks in its efforts to get smartphone makers to stick with the Android operating system as legal rulings begin to roll in on patent-infringement claims by Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
A U.S. International Trade Commission ruling yesterday determined that Android phones made by HTC Corp. violate an Apple patent, and a judge at the agency is scheduled to release findings today on whether Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.’s devices infringe Microsoft’s technology.