While Google is the principal developer for Android it would be totally grand to see an army of joint Android hardware makers unite and sue Oracle collectively

While Google is the principal developer for Android it would be totally grand to see an army of joint Android hardware makers unite and sue Oracle collectively for infringing their patents. And offer a settlement in the form that Oracle gives up all Android patent claims. They would certainly have the incentive and capability to do that, and it would probably make much economic sense should the Android situation turn sour. On a sidenote: it seems that bullying and dominance is an inseparable human trait. We came up with the patent system to give power to the little man so that big bullies can't take his invention away. Then the patent system ends up the same: the bullies that are big can dominate over smaller players. Then there are even bigger bullies like IBM who have a massive patent portfolio. They could pull a stunt by simply asking Oracle to step off or find that they're infringing numerous IBM's patents. While IBM are not directly related to Android they do have some track record in the open source world; they're part of Open Invention Network, too.