Hard to imagine the pain they must have gone through by having to shut down what they built. A few minutes of downtime on my site makes me go crazy, I cannot imagine having told to shut it down!

I hope the modista guys do well in their new venture and people who prey on other smaller startups in the name of patents are cowards, they don't deserve any respect. I know which website I'll never be visiting, I just don't "like" the people behind it anymore.

And I think Google acquired them to save themselves. They are better off acquiring them than having to face a similar lawsuit which would run into millions of dollars. The acquisition conversation must have been:

Acquire or get served!