Google accused of racketeering in lawsuit
> Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but a judge in the case noted last year that the firm has argued that Attia gave Google rights to his technology “without a condition of later payment.”<p>So Google's defense isn't even that the substance of the accusations are false, but that they had the legal ability to do so?<p>Is this common behavior for Google, if the story is true?<p>This may be naive, but it seems downright illogical to act like that with a reputation as huge and important as Google's. I'd be concerned if I were a collaborator.