Can't disagree much there. Possibly Google went into Android as a method to compel reform of the US's patent regime. If they can manage that, it will probably be worth their investment. Otherwise, should have guessed that patent suits would be on the horizon. They should have bid higher for the Nortel patent portfolio so they would have had sufficient piles of patents in the dick-measuring contests we call mutual license agreements.
MS and Apple are not patent trolls. They are major technology companies that engage in patent trolling as a means of market control. They are not at all unique in this.
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Date: 2011-08-17 06:21 pm (UTC)MS and Apple are not patent trolls. They are major technology companies that engage in patent trolling as a means of market control. They are not at all unique in this.