It's probably cheaper to hire an army of lawyers and patent any old stupid idea. If buying these is more expensive, I could see their point. Who knows what the

It's probably cheaper to hire an army of lawyers and patent any old stupid idea. If buying these is more expensive, I could see their point. Who knows what the reality is. Either way, patents are horrible and Google should have seen this coming and done something about it. Jointly grabbing patents and attacking the patent system politically seems like a good move. The best out come of all of this is serious reform.