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Re:Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar... by midko on Friday November 01, 2013 @04:52AM (#6652547)
> "very dubious game"

Quite a statement especially on the background of the other companies involved. Any substantial arguments for that? Until recently, Google had not filed even a single patent lawsuit [1] and so far still has not done so against Apple, MS, and the like, afaik. Meanwhile, the 'rockstars' have been going rampant [2].

[1] http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/google-files-first-patent...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_wars

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Re:Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar... by reticulated on Friday November 01, 2013 @04:56AM (#6652560)
Just because it's not in Google's name: http://www.fosspatents.com/search/label/Motorola

Edit: Ah, I see you edited when you spotted Google had in fact filed suit.

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Re:Patent war goes nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-owned “Rockstar... by midko on Friday November 01, 2013 @05:06AM (#6652589)
Not sure what edit you are referring to, my original post already stated that until recently they haven't filed a lawsuit.
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