One of the things that isn't made clear in the reporting on software patents is that they are pretty much only available in the US, so if Google did loose to Apple over Android or whatever, in theory it wouldn't affect Google's ability to market Android outside the US.
Maybe Google should bring it all to a head by saying the rest of the world can have a set of features, but the US users won't get them because of the threat of software patents held by other companies.
One of the things that isn't made clear in the reporting on software patents is that they are pretty much only available in the US, so if Google did loose to Apple over Android or whatever, in theory it wouldn't affect Google's ability to market Android outside the US.
Maybe Google should bring it all to a head by saying the rest of the world can have a set of features, but the US users won't get them because of the threat of software patents held by other companies.