[nexa] SFGate: "Google lawyer: Why the patent system is broken"

Google lawyer: Why the patent system is broken James Temple, Chronicle Columnist Sunday, November 6, 2011 Google stands at the center of the escalating mobile patent wars, as the developer of the Android operating system that triggered scores of lawsuits and countersuits. Depending on whom you ask, the company is either the high-minded adult in the debate du jour over intellectual property - or a blatant patent thief. In an interview with The Chronicle, Google's patent counsel, Tim Porter, argues that the system itself is broken. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/05/BUQP1LQN3V.DTL#i...