The headline is inaccurate.

Google hasn't intervened in any lawsuit.

It has applied to have the patents reexamined. This is a good thing,
because the lawsuit that is in progress may not examine the validity
of the patents - it may only assert that Apple's license extends to
its developers - or not. In 2-3 years, there's a chance those patents
could be scaled.

But it may not change the situation appreciably for those who have
already or will receive a letter from LodSys. In all likelihood, they
can keep suing us in the meantime.

http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/googles-reexamination-requests-against.html

It's interesting that Google is acquiring Motorola, which was recently
entertaining aspirations of being a patent troll themselves.

Nathan

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