> If? Those patents I shown are part of actual lawsuits against Samsung/Motorola in court now
Apple would use the patents regardless of the OS the phones were running. It's not Google's job to defend Motorola from any kind of patent problem - and Motorola owns quite a lot of patents in the mobile segment they can use to get cross-licensing from Apple. I doubt HTC and Samsung have the same luck.
> They're using HW and SW patents and trade dress, and trademark to go after Android
The only reason Apple is not going against WP7 phones is because WP7 doesn't represent a threat. If it ever does, Apple will use their prodigious legal to provide an excuse to phone makers to stop wasting money making the WP7 phones they have to make in order to reduce the Microsoft tax on Android phones.
Apple would use the patents regardless of the OS the phones were running. It's not Google's job to defend Motorola from any kind of patent problem - and Motorola owns quite a lot of patents in the mobile segment they can use to get cross-licensing from Apple. I doubt HTC and Samsung have the same luck.
> They're using HW and SW patents and trade dress, and trademark to go after Android
The only reason Apple is not going against WP7 phones is because WP7 doesn't represent a threat. If it ever does, Apple will use their prodigious legal to provide an excuse to phone makers to stop wasting money making the WP7 phones they have to make in order to reduce the Microsoft tax on Android phones.