Searching around in the news, it seems like the only time Google uses patents offensively is when fighting against patent trolls: http://www.bbc.com/news/techn

Searching around in the news, it seems like the only time Google uses patents offensively is when fighting against patent trolls: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21458094 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21458094 http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/12/26/google-sues-apple-backed-rockstar-over-patents/ http://www.siliconbeat.com/2013/12/26/google-sues-apple-back... This doesn't seem to fit with the definition of a patent troll to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll