Google, Bacardi, Anheuser-Busch, SocGen, Mambo: Intellectual Property - Bloomberg

Google Inc. (GOOG), escalating a feud with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) over patents, said Microsoft’s offer to join a bid for Novell Inc. (NOVL)’s intellectual property would have eliminated its ability to defend its Android mobile-phone operating system against legal attacks. “A joint acquisition of the Novell patents that gave all parties a license would have eliminated any protection these patents could offer...