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About the history of the issue In 2011, Nokia and Microsoftunited for the release of Lumia smartphones based on Windows Phone. Thus, Nokia planned to correct its obviously shaky position in the mobile device market and entered into a heavy competition with gadgets based on the much more popular operating systems IOS and Android. Soon after the release of the first line of Lumia, the newly formed alliance unexpectedly entered into a deal with the Canadian company Mosaid Technologies, as a result of which Mosaid transferred the rights to two thousand patents and patent applications, previously owned by Nokia and Microsoft. The Canadian company does not produce any gadgets and is not going to produce it yet - this caused suspicions of Google.Inc analysts. They suggested that Mosaid is a "troll" who, in agreement with Nokia and Microsoft, intends to declare a "patent war" for the Android OS, and hence its owner, for Google. About "patent trolling" "Patent trolling" is not uncommon in the world business. For clarity, we can cite the Russian example of the late 90's, when enterprising residents of the suburbs patented an "invention" called "Glass vessel", which turned out to be an ordinary bottle. Possessing a patent, cunning "inventors" tried to sue some of the profits from manufacturers of all sorts of drinks poured into glass containers. But in Russia this phenomenon is very rare. But in the US, this business is booming. Especially in the field of telecommunications and Hi-Tech, where in the production of the final product, not one dozen or even hundreds of patents are used at once, and so the weak points and legal loopholes for presenting lawsuits can not be found at all. After all, even technologies that are honestly developed by different people independently of each other often lead to similar results. For example, who do you think invented the radio? Popov or Marconi? The development of the conflict It should be noted that neither Mosaid Technologies, nor especially Nokia or Microsoft, took any action against Google as the manufacturer of Android-devices. The complaint to the European Antimonopoly Committee was an attempt to guard against possible troubles. In Mosaid's property, Google analysts estimate there are about 1200 key technologies in the mobile industry, for which it is possible to bring legal claims. The result of the alleged "patent trolling", according to representatives of Google, could be the increase in prices for mobile devices, as well as the introduction of restrictions on the sale of gadgets from the Android OS, which would force consumers to buy smartphones with Windows OS. However, Google did not consider that itself actually is a monopolist. Representatives of Microsoft did not apply to notice that Google.Inc controls more than 90% of Internet search and advertising and in turn filed a complaint with the antitrust authority of the European Union. Now, if Google does not take appropriate measures to resolve the conflict, sanctions can be applied to it - a fine. Or, in general, they will limit the use of Göogle services in Europe. However, this is another story.