[kkowalczyk]

We don't need to insinuate anything.

It's clear that both Microsoft and Apple are pulling the strings. They didn't collectively spend $4.5 billion to just have Rockstar do whatever they want. (Not that creating a patent troll under any scenario is morally defensible for Microsoft or Apple).

The shell games provide them plausible deniability only to naive.

They sued Android. Android is a big threat to both Microsoft and Apple.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

[throwawaykf03]

In case you didn't read the article I linked, the CEO of Rockstar created these licensing programs while they were still Nortel-owned and has been in negotiations for years before Rockstar was formed. This was a long time coming and all the potential infringers knew it, which was why the auction was in the billions of dollars.

They sued Android. Android is a big threat to both Microsoft and Apple.

Rockstar sued some Android phone makers because it infringes their patents and they don't have a license. Note that they didn't sue Sony, who makes Android phones, because Sony, being part of the consortium, has paid for those patents.

[pyre]

> They sued Android

They didn't sue "Android." "Android" is an operating system; a collection of software. One cannot "sue iOS" or "sue Windows" either.