Innovate or Litigate?
March 8th, 2010
I found this great article on the NYT Bits blog, it really encompases the state of patents in the US and what they have turned into.
They made this great image of basically who is suing who in the Mobile technology world.

At first glance, it looks as if we’re in the middle of a patent lawsuit Super Bowl party. Nearly every large mobile phone player — with the exception of Microsoft, Palm and, so far, Google — has recently been involved in some sort of patent litigation regarding mobile technologies.
Read more at they NYT Bits blog (Source)