Google Inc. (GOOG)'s $12.4 billion purchase last year of mobile-phone pioneer Motorola Mobility Holdings partly for its trove of more than 17,000 patents is showing signs it wasn't much of a bargain.

The report leads to speculation that the European Union might use the ruling to push for sanctions against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI), and possibly Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) itself. The news was originally reported by the New York Times ...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has won the case filed by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI) Unit regarding a patent, which according to Motorola Mobility Unit, was held by the Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) regarding phone sensors, reports Bloomberg.

The company was created in 2011 from the split of Motorola Inc. The spinoff put the higher-profile mobile-devices and TV-set-top-box operations into Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., which was later acquired by Google Inc. (GOOG) for $12.5 billion.

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) is a provider of technologies, products and services that enable a range of mobile and wireline digital communication, information and entertainment experiences.

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) is a provider of technologies, products and services that enable a range of mobile and wireline digital communication, information and entertainment experiences.

... Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) are principally software and services companies, though each of the three has developed their own hardware as well, Google through ASUS and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI). But Apple has gone a different route with its ...

The event will be held just a day before Google's conference, where the search giant is expected to announce new updates to Android and new phones from Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI). 'Get ValueWalk's Daily Edition By Email and Never Miss ...

They cited that the same thing happened with Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC), the king of business phones in the early 1990s, Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) (BIT:NOK1V) (HEL:NOK1V) in the 2000s, LG in 2005, and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI) in ...

... (NASDAQ:GOOG) experienced a 31% increase in revenue versus a year earlier, with earnings rising by 16%; the search business continues to grow, and Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) continues to capitalize on its integration of Motorola Mobility Holdings.