Microsoft’s Cynical Response to Google’s Patent Post - Timothy B. Lee - Disruptive Economics - Forbes

Microsoft’s Cynical Response to Google’s Patent Post - Timothy B. Lee - Disruptive Economics - Forbes:

Obviously, if Google bought patents in concert with Microsoft, Microsoft wouldn’t have to let Google use those patents to sue them. And they probably wouldn’t have let Google use them to sue other major tech companies, like Apple or Oracle, that are also trying to shake down Android. Microsoft knew perfectly well that Google wouldn’t join Microsoft’s bid and Smith is insulting our intelligence to suggest otherwise.