Seems like we've heard this story before -- Google buys a bunch of patents to protect its cute little green baby from all the big, bad patent lawsuits. Only this time, instead of buying a hardware manufacturer to expand its patent warchest, team Mountain View merely purchased 1,023 bits of IP from IBM.
Covering everything from a method for filling holes in printed wiring boards to a method for file system management, Google seems to have grabbed quite the eclectic collection -- one we're sure Big G will put to work for itself and its buddies in no time. Those looking to see the full results of this latest patent shopping spree can see more here.
3 comments:
Thanks for sharing once again man. Very interesting stuff. Google are dominant!
More mine's in the minefield of patents you COULD breech. I wonder why they need to buy more?
I can not even comprehend the business practices of buying that many patents. I'm just glad the darn thing (google) works as well as it does!
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