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Re: A Brief Explanation of Microsoft's Anti-Google Patent FUD by bluedanieru on Saturday August 06, 2011 @08:36AM (#2853700)
They've banded with several other companies to buy these patents to ensure that their most successful competitor is defenseless against baseless patent litigation now and in the future. They're on the wrong side.

And before you start, the reason they're on the wrong side when they buy the patents, and Google isn't, is that they have a history of abusing the patent system, and abuse it currently, and Google does not.

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Re: A Brief Explanation of Microsoft's Anti-Google Patent FUD by mstepniowski on Saturday August 06, 2011 @09:10AM (#2853757)
Just a quick note here: using != abusing.

I agree that the patent system is broken as is, but there needs to be a mechanism protecting the intellectual property that allows companies to share their innovations with the world without fear of them being stolen (copying is cheap).

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Re: A Brief Explanation of Microsoft's Anti-Google Patent FUD by bluedanieru on Sunday August 07, 2011 @12:17AM (#2855740)
Are any of the patents currently being used in litigation against Android not bullshit? Really, is there even one?
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