With the number of lawsuits versus Google's Android operating system approaching the number of cards in a deck of playing cards, it's no wonder the search engine is trying to acquire patents related to mobile phone and wireless network software.
A good question to ask is: Is Google doing enough? Microsoft, Apple and others in the so-called Rockstar Bidco consortium outgunned Google for Nortel Networks' 6,000-plus wireless LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and various other patents in June. The companies spent $4.5 billion total in that not-so-playful game of keepaway from Google.
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