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Not that it makes it right, but does anyone think that Google wouldn't have used these patents offensively against the Rockstar companies if they had ended up with them?


Yes, I believe that. Based on their past statements and actions I don't believe they would use them offensively. Do you believe they couldn't use the Motorola patent portfolio against those companies if they wanted to?


Those past actions would be backing Motorola's abuse of FRAND patents to 'pre-emptively' attack competitors?


Am I wrong?


>Do you believe they couldn't use the Motorola patent portfolio against those companies if they wanted to?

Huh, haven't they been using them against Apple and MS? MS now pays them for H.264 patents, though considerably less than what demanded, and Motorola got convicted and fined by a jury for FRAND abuse.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/05/judge-slaps-motoro...




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