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Google Moves to Acquire Motorola’s 17,000 Patents

Google is attempting to acquire Motorola Mobility Holdings and –  as part of the package –  Motorola’s 17,000 patents. Google’s CEO, Larry Page, explained the motivations in a blog post  about the deal: “Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, […]