Exactly. Every patent that I've seen (for example, Apple vs. HTC) boils down to complete bullshit. I'd welcome someone finding a non-bullshit patent that Androi

Exactly. Every patent that I've seen (for example, Apple vs. HTC) boils down to complete bullshit. I'd welcome someone finding a non-bullshit patent that Android is clearly violating (possibly something with Java? They don't use any of the JVM technology and I don't think I could consider programming language semantics patentable). Relatedly: Google seems to feel entitled to copy whatever it wants. Android copies the UI from the iPhone. Places copied data from Yelp. Google+ copies from Facebook. Their coupon thing is a clone of Groupon. And yet it’s Google that acts as though it has been offended when these competitors fight back. For a man who is so in love with Everything is a Remix [1], this strikes me as an odd position. Once things like this are up for grabs, you can start pointing fingers all the way back to the first transistor. There's a thick line between "remix" and "ripoff" and I've yet to see Google cross it in a significant manner. [1] http://www.everythingisaremix.info/ http://www.everythingisaremix.info/