That is microsoft's story, however if I recall correctly, if google were to have bid with the others, the deal was structured such that they couldn't protect an

That is microsoft's story, however if I recall correctly, if google were to have bid with the others, the deal was structured such that they couldn't protect android partners. So the lawsuits against android would happen anyway with the difference being google sponsoring the patent trolling against its own android OEMs. But yeah, "invited".