What I read somewhere is that patentability is an extremely important design goal of mobile standards. Everybody who contributes can get a few patents in. It ev

What I read somewhere is that patentability is an extremely important design goal of mobile standards. Everybody who contributes can get a few patents in. It even goes so far that more complicated, worse performing, less energy efficient technologies are chosen instead of better alternatives because they can be patented. "To promote the Progress of Useful Arts" my ass.