Why do I get the feeling Google is a sleeping giant right now that Apple is playing fire with??? The patents they hold especially with Motorola could put Apple in a world of hurt. Wonder if Google is waiting for the release of the next iPhone, could get interesting. Funny how Apple didn't really care before, but it's obvious now their threatened by the competition b/c disregarding software there are phones now directly challenging them in sales numbers and not as a group/Android phones as a whole, but single phones like the GSII did etc, even the GS3 numbers look to break all records.
The other problem like has been mentioned is to do with our archaic patent system, look at the patents for the suit (and not just them but in general, the patent system needs a complete overhaul and is so outdated)... what a joke, for one thing the slide to unlock is not even similar on Android let alone the multiple features that you can set it up for (direct to phone, cam, whatever). In a way though you can't blame Apple as their playing by the rules that allow them to do this, just business. But if there's one company that has the assets to challenge them or flip the script on Apple, it's Google.... who knows what will happen, or how this will play out, but think for a sec if Google decides to wait for the perfect time to counter back??