That's mentioned in the article and has been posted several times. Even that tweet doesn't imply that Google actively vied for the patents, though, in my opinio

That's mentioned in the article and has been posted several times. Even that tweet doesn't imply that Google actively vied for the patents, though, in my opinion, that's a pretty fair assumption. This thread features a wider breadth of discussion about that particular tweet, in case you or anyone else might have missed it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2844722 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2844722