Regarding point 1, what&#x27;s stopping Google from leveraging those patents now, if point 2 allows for even a sliver of potential? I mean, a single function seems to be causing Google quite a bit of grief in this lawsuit, so that seems to be enough.<p>Regarding point 3, I had forgotten that part, but I don&#x27;t quite get the distinction where it affects the &quot;mutually assured destruction&quot; feature of patent libraries. Even though the sword Oracle swings at Google says &quot;copyright&quot; on the hilt rather than &quot;patent&quot;, can Google still not file patent-based countersuits regardless? In other words, if Person A and Person B are in a standoff with guns leveled at each other, why would Person A simply allow Person B to stab them instead?