Three weeks ago we reported that Rockstar, a consortium backed by companies like Apple and Microsoft, sued Google for patent infringement. As a quick primer, the Rockstar consortium in June of 2011 jointly bid US$4.4 billion in an auction for over 6,000 Nortel patents. Google was also a participant in the auction but backed down once bidding hit the $4 billion mark.
As for the suit itself, Rockstar is suing Google over patented technology which helps map relevant advertisements to corresponding Internet search terms. Put simply, the suit is going after Google's prime money maker.
As one would expect, news that Rockstar was going after Google evoked a lot of ire from folks
