{"id":2361,"date":"2012-12-17T14:21:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T20:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/63.247.142.118\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T21:52:06","slug":"dunlap-codding-shareholder-doug-sorocco-quoted-extensively-in-macnewsworld-on-the-apple-google-kodak-patent-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/dunlap-codding-shareholder-doug-sorocco-quoted-extensively-in-macnewsworld-on-the-apple-google-kodak-patent-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunlap Codding Shareholder Doug Sorocco Quoted Extensively in MacNewsWorld on the Apple\/Google Kodak Patent Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"\/team\/douglas-sorocco\/\">Doug Sorocco<\/a> was quoted extensively in\u00a0<em>MacNewsWorld\u00a0<\/em>on December 12, 2012, in an article by Rachelle Dragani, \u201cApple Cozies Up to Google for Kodak Patent Deal.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple&#8217;s rumored odd-couple alliance with Google to buy Kodak patents is primarily a defensive opportunity for both companies to gain access to a broad portfolio and share in the underlying costs, said patent attorney Douglas Sorocco. &#8220;Both parties are looking to insulate themselves from patent infringement claims if a third party got their hands on one or more of the patents.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, that defense could be especially helpful for Apple, which is fighting Samsung in courtrooms around the world. In the Kodak patent buy case, however, Apple&#8217;s partnership with Google could be doing more for Samsung than Apple might like, suggested Sorocco.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Generally, this move probably is more helpful to Samsung, as they work closely with Google and the Android operating system,&#8221; he pointed out.\u00a0 Still, the move makes sense from both sides, Sorocco continued. As much attention as Apple&#8217;s high-profile battle with Samsung gets, it&#8217;s not the only patent war the company is waging. Teaming up with a noted rival to increase its portfolio could be a move that ultimately saves precious legal resources in the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;My read is that this is primarily a defensive opportunity for both Apple and Google to gain access to a broad portfolio of technology patents and share in the underlying costs,&#8221; Sorocco observed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Both companies get what they want &#8212; freedom from suit and potential bargaining chips &#8212; and share the cost of doing so,&#8221; he pointed out. &#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty smart strategic and financial decision and doesn&#8217;t significantly impact the underlying disputes the companies have with one another on their core technologies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Sorocco was quoted extensively in\u00a0MacNewsWorld\u00a0on December 12, 2012, in an article by Rachelle Dragani, \u201cApple Cozies Up to Google for Kodak Patent Deal.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Apple&#8217;s rumored odd-couple alliance with Google to buy Kodak patents is primarily a defensive opportunity for both companies to gain access to a broad portfolio and share in the underlying costs, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[91],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5122,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions\/5122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dunlapcodding.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}