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Re:Google's New Patents by bostonpete on Monday August 01, 2011 @12:58PM (#2833196)
I think very few companies (probably including Google) would be willing to join any sort of pool that requires them to sign over all of their patents to the pool.
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Re:Google's New Patents by StavrosK on Monday August 01, 2011 @01:51PM (#2833473)
Why? If you're only using it for defense, there's nothing stopping you.
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Re:Google's New Patents by bostonpete on Monday August 01, 2011 @03:10PM (#2833884)
There's a big difference between saying you plan to only use your patents for defensive purposes and forfeiting all rights to otherwise some time in the future.
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