Google tries to bring peace to the Android galaxy

The owner of Android has created a patent-pooling scheme with the stated aim of ending patent litigation between Android OEMs.
To encapsulate that aim Google has named the group Pax – Latin for peace – and has recruited Samsung, LG, HTC, Foxconn, Coolpad, BQ, HMD, and Allview to the cause. Those members collectively own 230,000 patents and that suggests an possible underlying motive behind the move – to protect members from external patent litigation threats.
“Under Pax,