“My immediate reaction to yesterday’s announcement of Google’s proposed purchase of Motorola Mobility on Twitter and Google Plus was this: ‘I caution everyone against overestimating the strength of Motorola Mobility’s patent portfolio. Apple and Microsoft sued $MMI anyway.'”
“I reiterated this in my first blog post on the subject and a more elaborate follow-up, in which I clarified why my position is that Apple attacked Motorola even though Motorola technically won the race to the courthouse,” Meuller reports. “I have meanwhile seen articles in which certain experts — who are experts in some areas, but likely spend less time perusing Android patent suit court filings than I do — claimed that Motorola was the aggressor and Apple ‘forced to defend itself,’ which is plain wrong.”
Mueller reports, “Just to put that misconception to rest and show that Apple truly wasn’t deterred by Motorola Mobility’s grossly overestimated portfolio, I wanted to show something that I’ve been aware for almost a year.”
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