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Google’s bid for Motorola Mobility – a play for patents only?

With news on Monday that Google Inc. had made a $12.5 billion bid for Motorola Mobility, many posited the move was a play for patents to shore up the software giant’s Android operating system, though analysts remained decidedly divided.

“It would be a mistake to look at this as just (or primarily) a patent deal,” patent expert and founder of NoSoftwarePatents campaign Florian M

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