What I don't like about many of these patents though, independent of whether they are novel or not, is they're part of the 3GPP specs. The specs for creating a

What I don't like about many of these patents though, independent of whether they are novel or not, is they're part of the 3GPP specs. The specs for creating a 2G/3G/4G cellular network are all open specs and gratis, but man parts are covered by patents - meaning if you want to create a device that's part of such a network, including a mobile phone - there's a forest of patents in your way - something I don't agree with and that imo. should not be part of open specs.