<story><title>Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-backed patent hell</title><url>http://gigaom.com/2013/12/24/google-sues-to-protect-android-device-makers-from-apple-backed-patent-hell/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>namespace</author><text>Interesting times. There is no doubt that the legal punches thrown at Android have been anti-competitive and kills innovation instead of what there were meant to protect. For example reportedly Microsoft earns more from Android than selling Windows phone: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-is-making-2bn-a-year-on-android-licensing-five-times-more-than-windows-phone-7000022936/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.zdnet.com&amp;#x2F;microsoft-is-making-2bn-a-year-on-andro...&lt;/a&gt;. If the patents were that useful for innovation, Microsoft would have been ahead of Google by miles.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google sues to protect Android device makers from Apple-backed patent hell</title><url>http://gigaom.com/2013/12/24/google-sues-to-protect-android-device-makers-from-apple-backed-patent-hell/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mikhailt</author><text>Except Nortel did use many of those patents. They decided to sell it to Rockstar, full of owners who are likely licensing the patents to themselves for use in their products. Yes, technically Rockster is an individual company that doesn&amp;#x27;t make&amp;#x2F;sell any products but it&amp;#x27;s not a troll just because of that. It&amp;#x27;s a troll if the owners didn&amp;#x27;t use it in their products.&lt;p&gt;By this logic, any standard bodies would be trolls as well if they decide to sue any companies that infringe without paying the fees.</text></comment>