Patent Consultant David Martin Says Google Buying 'Crap Patents' in Motorola Mobility Deal

Martin, founder and chairman of patent consulting firm M-Cam, speaking on Bloomberg said that Google

made "an immense mistake" buying Motorola Mobility

. "First of all, what they bought is crap. Motorola sold off its good assets. Back in the day they sold off their MPEG patents to GE in a securitization deal, after that they took a bunch of the Freescale patents and sold those." Martin Says Google may actually have increased its liability buying these patents. "Google thought through the present, but actually didn't do its homework on the past. The target they've painted on themselves is immense."