Motorola's Most Important 18 Patents 137
quarterbuck writes "Bloomberg has a story on Google's acquisition of Motorola and quotes IP lawyers who claim that 18 patents dating to 1994 are probably what Google is after. These patents cover technology essential to the mobile-device industry, including location services, antenna designs, e-mail transmission, touchscreen motions, software-application management and third-generation wireless."
Re:Doubtful (Score:3, Insightful)
If you only have a license for a patent you can't use it as leverage against trolls like Apple - by owning core patents they can fire back...
Re:Doubtful (Score:4, Insightful)
It is clear: Google wants to get into the hardware business.
Or the patent troll business..... ?
From what I've seen over the past few years, the two are synonymous. You can't be in the hardware business if you can't counter-sue.