AppleInsider | Google exec talks Nortel patent auction loss, calls for patent reform:

"A patent isnโ€™t innovation. Itโ€™s the right to block someone else from innovating,โ€ [Google Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker] said, later adding that 'patents are government-granted monopolies.' Though the system was originally setup to reward innovation, 'thatโ€™s not happening here,โ€ he noted.