> Since Google knows it has better tools to be competitive outside of patents, it is in their interest to eliminate patents as a source of pressure from competi

> Since Google knows it has better tools to be competitive outside of patents, it is in their interest to eliminate patents as a source of pressure from competitors. This is nonsense. Google has a huge number of smart people working for them - if they wanted to enter a patent war they are extremely well equipped to do so. Everything I've seen from them tells me that they simply culturally biased against doing that. They'd just rather spend their time inventing cool new stuff than suing about old stuff.