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by rbanffy 5733 days ago
They want Motorola to build WinMo 7 phones. They sue because, if they didn't, nobody would bother to build them.

It's Extortion 101. You beat up one store-owner of the street so you don't have to beat up all of them. Nobody wants to be the second to be beaten up. You probably can't beat up all of them and that would serve no purpose.

I am surprised phone manufacturers - since they cross-license tech all the time - don't create a common defense fund for taking down there lawsuits.