Microsoft May Have Eyed Motorola Mobility Prior To Google's Acquisition Announcement

Guess Who Else Wanted To Buy Motorola?
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Google may not have had much of a choice when it came to buying Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. If it didn’t, someone else would have and that would have put the company in an even bigger patent hole.

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