I don't think Google's suggestion that patents are bad is at odds with them trying to buy $3B of them. Whether or not they like patents, they still have to dea

I don't think Google's suggestion that patents are bad is at odds with them trying to buy $3B of them. Whether or not they like patents, they still have to deal with the effects. They claim that they tried to buy the patents as a defensive move to keep them out of the hands of their competitors.