http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/02/google-vs-bt.jpg Google isn’t letting BT’s Android patent lawsuit go unanswered, even if it’s taking its sweet time. Over a year after BT struck first, Google has filed a countersuit against BT that claims the provider is infringing four patents relating to IP-based conferencing and quality of service delivery. The search firm makes clear that its lawsuit is leverage for a possible truce: it’s using the action as a “last resort” to fend off both BT and the patent holding companies that BT uses as proxies, according to a Google spokesperson. BT hasn’t had a chance to respond – or to be formally served, as of this writing – but we can’t imagine that a company which once sued over hyperlinks will simply agree to a stalemate.
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Via: Reuters
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