A Massachusetts court has reportedly allowed Skyhook Wireless to go forward with its lawsuit against Google. The company has accused the search giant with trying to muscle Skyhook's Wi-Fi location technology out of the Android market. Judge Judith Fabricant of the Massachusetts Superior court denied Google's request to either grant a summary judgment or dismiss the case.
Skyhook Wireless is a Boston-based company that has developed a technology for determining geographical location using Wi-Fi as the underlying reference system. In September 2010, the company filed two lawsuits against Google - one in US District Court in Massachusetts and a second in Massachusetts state court.
The state suit, filed in Suffolk County Superior Court, claims that Google used its relationship with handset makers, specifically Motorola, to keep the Skyhook client software off their phones.
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