Google is bidding to acquire Nortel's patent portfolio, in a move that tells you quite a lot about the state of patent litigation in the technology space these days.
So Google has decided to bid for Nortel’s patent portfolio in the company’s bankruptcy auction. Nortel further has selected the Google bid as the “stalking-horse bid," which is the starting point against which others will bid prior to the auction.
"If successful, we hope this portfolio will not only create a disincentive for others to sue Google, but also help us, our partners and the open source community—which is integrally involved in projects like Android and Chrome—continue to innovate," Google says on its blog.
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