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Re:Google's New Patents by kyleburton on Monday August 01, 2011 @10:37AM (#2832334)
Could that be the basis for an IP based startup? Seems like a clever hack of the patent & legal system surrounding patents. Of course once there is 1 of these, there will be copycats - which could lead to a race to capture the largest share of patents. Patent wars indeed.
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Re:Google's New Patents by StavrosK on Monday August 01, 2011 @10:47AM (#2832384)
If there are copycats, you can just join them. It's easy to make one big pool in the end.
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Re:Google's New Patents by alphadogg on Monday August 01, 2011 @10:43AM (#2832366)
If the organization that asserted management of the pool did it as a non-profit or not-for-profit, then it could work. Fragmentation and wars occur for power and control.
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