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Google hits back against BT with patent lawsuits Feb 13th 2013, 23:05 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Insight: Apple and Samsung, frenemies for life Sun, Feb 10 2013 Judge narrows Google patent suit against Microsoft Thu, Feb 7 2013 U.S. government slams S&P with $5 billion fraud lawsuit Tue, Feb 5 2013 Hackers target Twitter, could affect 250,000 user accounts Fri, Feb 1 2013 Web startup Path to pay $800,000 to settle privacy charges Fri, Feb 1 2013 Analysis & Opinion Catholic hospital group says fetus lawsuit defense was "morally wrong" Google's silvery Samsung Chromebook could be gold Related Topics Investing and Taxes Simplified » Tech » Media » A neon Google logo is seen as employees work at the new Google office in Toronto, November 13, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Mark Blinch By Dan Levine and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Feb 13, 2013 6:05pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc and its Motorola Mobility unit struck back on Wednesday against BT Group Plc, filing patent lawsuits against the British telecommunications group more than a year after BT launched its own lawsuit against Google. BT, Britain's dominant fixed-line telecoms group, sued Google in 2011 over six patents related to mobile technology. But in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in a California federal court, Google asserted four patents of its own. Google spokeswoman Niki Fenwick said the company also filed a separate lawsuit against BT in a U.K. court. "We have always seen litigation as a last resort, and we work hard to avoid lawsuits," Fenwick said in an email. "But BT has brought several meritless patent claims against Google and our customers - and they've also been arming patent trolls." A BT representative said the company does not comment on pending litigation. BT has accused Google of infringing BT's mobile patents through numerous products, including the Android mobile platform, Gmail email service and Google Maps. That lawsuit is still pending in a Delaware federal court. In addition, Google was sued in a Virginia federal court by Suffolk Technologies LLC and one of the patents being asserted by Suffolk was previously owned by BT, according to court filings. A Suffolk attorney declined to comment. In Google's U.S. lawsuit, the company said BT violates Google patents that cover technology such as networking and making phone calls over the Internet. Google obtained at least one of the patents in its lawsuit from International Business Machines Corp in 2010, according to a government database. IBM representatives could not immediately be reached. The case in U.S. District Court, Central District of California is Google Inc v. BT Americas Inc, BT Conferencing Inc, BT Ins Inc and Ipanema Technologies Corporation. (Reporting By Alexei Oreskovic and Dan Levine. Editing by Andre Grenon) Investing and Taxes Simplified Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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