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Re:Google Acquires Over 1,000 IBM Patents by teyc on Friday July 29, 2011 @08:58PM (#2824490)
Their share price has been going badly. Employee stock options are no longer an effective way to retain people, and they are losing long term employees to the likes of FB and G.
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Re:Google Acquires Over 1,000 IBM Patents by RexRollman on Friday July 29, 2011 @09:30PM (#2824556)
Thanks. And please forgive me the quality of my posting (I wrote it before getting my morning caffeine).
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Re:Google Acquires Over 1,000 IBM Patents by teyc on Friday July 29, 2011 @11:16PM (#2824748)
no offense taken. This is the problem with defensive patents. A company would be remiss to their shareholders if they didn't deploy it offensively when things don't go their way.
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