Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android

Re:Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android by spdy on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @08:32PM (#2998414)

Can is say one thing "patent reform" please.

This trend really bugs me all the big companies are spending billions of dollars on papers instead of putting it into Innovation / new products etc.

If this trend goes on and more patent trolls enter the field everyone of us needs to have a patent lawyer next to our desk. Lodsys allready proved its worth to go after the lowest hanging fruit.

I dont want to imagine what happens if one of the big tech companies turn evil.

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Re:Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android by cdibona on Thursday September 15, 2011 @12:18AM (#2998888)

Please do say 'Patent reform' to your congressperson or senator. Thanks.

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Re:Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android by searine on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @09:51PM (#2998581)

Except these patents (and the massive profits they generated for IBM via this sale) are the direct result of R&D.

IBM would be crazy not to invest the profit back into R&D to develop another patent library...

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Re:Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android by Hyena on Thursday September 15, 2011 @04:15AM (#2999291)

Not really. Most are the direct result of IBM's system of internal rewards for patenting. This results in thousands of questionalble patents. Being that it is easier to get than eliminate a patent, IBM is a company deeply engaged in destroying the world.

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