Re:Google buys 1,000 patents from IBM to defend Android
by nl on Thursday September 15, 2011 @03:18AM
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If you mean licence them from IBM: I doubt it. Google want the patents to protect its partners, and trying to arrange a licence like that would be hard. Also, protecting its partners means some are likely to be tested in court and fail, which will kill their value to IBM.
If you mean from Apple: Very doubtful. Apple wants to stop their competitors, not make money from them.
If you mean from Microsoft: Possibly for each manufacture, but in aggregate almost certainly not.
If you mean from Apple: Very doubtful. Apple wants to stop their competitors, not make money from them.
If you mean from Microsoft: Possibly for each manufacture, but in aggregate almost certainly not.