> Google can expect to make money off ads, but Apple cannot. So they use patents to make it more difficult for Google to do what they want. Very simple. > In o

> Google can expect to make money off ads, but Apple cannot. So they use patents to make it more difficult for Google to do what they want. Very simple. > In other industries there are anti-dumping laws and regulations, because dumping is considered an illegal way to kill competition. I have sympathy for the dumping argument. However, it doesn't justify an attack via frivolous patents. The end doesn't justify the means. The fact that any company, from a new startup to Google, can be attacked in an unfair way by patents is bad for the industry. Especially when the dominant powers can coordinate to crush any new competitor. If Google can't disrupt the smartphone OS market because of patents, how could you or I? If Google is in fact guilty of dumping here - and it might, I don't want to prejudge - then there are as you said existing laws to deal with that. Let that process sort it out.