"It's fascinating to me to see this shift, which Google seems to be leading, from tech companies fighting over new product development...to something entirely d

"It's fascinating to me to see this shift, which Google seems to be leading, from tech companies fighting over new product development...to something entirely different: fighting over patents " I thought it was Microsoft and Apple that were aggressively filing patent lawsuits, and Google and other Android partners were on the receiving end, no? One other thing I don't see being mentioned anywhere in these threads is that, "Motorola Mobility held $5.5B in cash and deferred tax assets; this could put Google's (GOOG) real purchase price around $7B."[1] [1]http://seekingalpha.com/article/278932-can-motorola-mobility-be-sustainably-profitable http://seekingalpha.com/article/278932-can-motorola-mobility...