Apple sued Samsung, the world's largest maker of Android phones in dozens of countries, with masses of garbage patents in 2011[0]. Google provided the software

Apple sued Samsung, the world's largest maker of Android phones in dozens of countries, with masses of garbage patents in 2011[0]. Google provided the software that Apple was attacking, but was not considered to have standing to intervene. Instead, Google used its Motorola subsidiary to sue back with its own garbage patents and restore the MAD status quo. But Apple undoubtedly attacked first. Actually Microsoft was the First Evil, but Apple was first between Google, Google's licensed manufacturers (like Samsung and Motorola), and Apple. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electronics_Co.,_Ltd http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc._v._Samsung_Electroni....