Google Sued By Skyhook Over Phone-Location Software
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Google Inc. was accused by Skyhook Wireless Inc. of copying its location-finding inventions and of unfairly persuading phone makers to use Google’s product.
Skyhook said it filed a lawsuit in Massachusetts state court that claims Google interfered with contracts Skyhook had reached with phone makers including Motorola Inc. In a separate complaint in federal court in Boston, Skyhook alleged that Google infringed four of its patents related to ways to establish the precise location of a smartphone.