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success: I did one "Google" search and pulled up the first listed:

http://blog.chron.com/techblog/2011/08/google-becomes-a-handset-maker-buying-motorola-mobility-for-12-5-billion/

In the first listed:

"Google will pay $12.5 billion in cash to acquire cellphone handset maker Motorola Mobility, a move that gives it both hardware to boost its Android mobile OS and a thick portfolio of patents as protection against litigating patent trolls."

Give it a try. Better yet, check out some IP sites and read the discussion.

My opinion is very mainstream outside NeoMedia's iHub board - this didn't start with Google and Motorola.