The Patent Arm's Race Explodes with Google Buy of Motorola - Forbes

The patent war between Google and Apple just took another dramatic move this morning with Google’s all-cash purchase of Motorola Mobility. If you think this is about Google getting into the handset business, think again. If Google were to get into the handset business, they would turn their back on partners like HTC, Samsung and others. Today’s deal is all about acquiring Motorola’s backlog of mobile-related patents. When Google lost out on the...