Google settles Visual Voicemail dispute with Klausner, too

Chalk up another win for Klausner. Klausner Technologies’ CEO Judah Klausner has announced that the patent-holding company that bears his namesake has netted yet another settlement from none other than Google (NSDQ: GOOG). Klausner sued Google for infringing on intellectual property holdings that are apparently inherent to Visual Voicemail systems used by several other mobile companies. Klausner’s settlement with Google follows a string of licensing deals and settlements from Apple, AT&T, Verizon, LG and Sprint.

The specifics of the Google-Klausner settlement are unclear, but Klausner stated that “Google has a license to Klausner’s visual voicemail patents,” in a phone call to Reuters. Google is presumably cleared to use the Visual Voicemail license in web-based services like Grand Central, but Klausner declined to comment on just how extensively Google’s patent license covered users of the Google-made Android OS.

Phone manufacturers looking to use Android OS to power their smartphones may still be subject to licensing claims by Klausner. If true, Android’s appeal as a powerful mobile platform could become somewhat eroded.

[Via: Reuters]