Google, Sprint, Smith & Nephew: Intellectual Property

December 21, 2011, 12:07 AM EST by Victoria Slind-Flor (This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics. Updates with Apple item in patent section.) Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine, was sued by British Telecommunications Plc for …