Google loses $5million in Linux patent infringment suit!
Posted: 30 Apr 2011, 22:23On April 15, 2011 Google lost a suit brought by Bedrock Computer Technologies LLC which claimed it's patents were infringed upon. A Texas jury determined that the patent infringements existed within the Linux kernel starting with the 2.4.22.x tree all the way to version "2.6.31.x, or versions beyond 2.6.31.x." You can find the details regarding the suit here. This should affect not only Google's Android and related technologies but also any Linux distro utilizing those kernels!