Yesterday, Google’s Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond blamed Microsoft, Oracle and Apple of plotting organized campaign against Android using bogus patents. He wrote on Google blog:

They’re doing this by banding together to acquire Novell’s old patents (the “CPTN” group including Microsoft and Apple) and Nortel’s old patents (the “Rockstar” group including Microsoft and Apple), to make sure Google didn’t get them; seeking $15 licensing fees for every Android device; attempting to make it more expensive for phone manufacturers to license Android (which we provide free of charge) than Windows Phone 7; and even suing Barnes & Noble, HTC, Motorola, and Samsung. Patents were meant to encourage innovation, but lately they are being used as a weapon to stop it.

As Soon as this post went viral, Microsoft executive Brad Smith called David Drummond a liar, and tweeted “Google says we bought Novell patents to keep them from Google. Really? We asked them to bid jointly with us. They said no.” As a proof to what Brad posted on Twitter another Microsoft executive, Frank Shaw posted an image of an email in which Google executive Kent Walker clearly says that Google isn’t interested in joint bidding for patents.

Frank tweeted “Free advice for David Drummond – next time check with Kent Walker before you blog.” The email image that he attached to the tweet says:

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you – I came down with a 24-hour bug on the way back from San Antonio. After talking with people here, it sounds as though for various reasons a joint bid wouldn’t be advisable for us on this one. But I appreciate your flagging it, and we’re open to discussing other similar opportunities in the future.

The above two Tweets by Microsoft executives proves that not only David Drummond, but also Google Chairman Eric Schmidt are trying to spread false information about lawsuits against Android. The truth is Android handset makers are in trouble, as Google doesn’t have patents for many features in Android operating system.