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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by puzzle on Sunday August 20, 2017 @02:50PM (#15059694)
Only Google can explain their rationale, but it's fairly safe to expect that they won't, at least until the whole application process is done.

Your interpretation is one of the plausible scenarios here. It's one in which Google wins, whether they are granted the patent or not. The Polish researcher and his university don't agree, but perhaps they have never been on the receiving end of a patent lawsuit. Yes, I'm very, very jaded.

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Re:Poland's oldest university denies Google's right to paten... by wang_li on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:01PM (#15066332)
People keep saying defensive patent but it's more likely fattening their video codec patent portfolio. This helps them stay in the game in the future as part of industry patent pools/alliances.
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