It’s summer, but the controversies are struggling to go on vacation. He continues the repartee between Microsoft and Google . The reason for this long controversy? The usual two issues: the Android operating system and patents violated. This time the stone has been to launch Google through the words of David Drummond, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the company, which has focused “public” finger at Microsoft, Apple and Oracle saying: “The success of Android has caused a hostile campaign waged against organized and operating system. The maneuver was implemented by Microsoft, Apple and Oracle. ”

The charge of the office of Google, therefore, is that the existence of a design right tended to “cut the legs” to a platform that continues to grow, what is Android, and makes reference to the “rope” which has acquired the patents bankruptcy of Nortel , probably with the aim of threatening legal Android on the side. “Fortunately, however, – he added Drummond – the courts tend to “invalidate” those patents that are deemed too generic or weak and could be used to put anti-competitive practices. ”

Swift response of the company from Redmond that, through the words of Brad Smith, has released an interesting detail. Apparently the Apple-Microsoft-Oracle team had also asked Google to participate in the acquisition of Nortel’s patents, but the Mountain View giant has declined this invitation and preferred to make an offer to acquire the entire portfolio of self. Drummond replied back to this revelation, accusing Microsoft of wanting to “divert attention thus avoiding to address the issues raised” and recalled that the same Department of Justice (DoJ) has called on the U.S. group of companies that were awarded patents Nortel (Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, EMC) to make them available also in the community open source , so as to “protect innovation and competition within the community itself” .