Patents are a big part of the war chest of established players to keep out upstarts. They needed a big portfolio to protect Android while they were growing the market.
(Look at the court battles between Samsung and Apple...)
Cheers,
Scott.
Google passes Motorola phones to Lenovo.
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- Jan. 29, 2014, 09:03:59 PM EST
Yep, it does make sense.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Jan. 30, 2014, 08:18:36 AM EST
Also, possible tax shenanigans
- (scoenye)
- (1)
- Jan. 31, 2014, 06:01:51 PM EST
One would expect nothing less from the tax lawyers. :-/
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 31, 2014, 06:13:37 PM EST
Heh
- (pwhysall)
- (1)
- Feb. 1, 2014, 03:06:59 AM EST
They probably didn't have much choice but to buy them.
- (Another Scott)
- Feb. 1, 2014, 09:46:38 AM EST