Google buys another round of IBM patents as its Oracle trial nears

Posted by iamhenry on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @02:38PM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/google-buys-another-round-of-ibm-patents-as-oracle-trial-nears.ars

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Re:Google buys another round of IBM patents as its Oracle tr... by freehunter on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @03:38PM (#3425805)

A question arises in my mind. Could Google actually use these patents in their defense against Oracle? "We didn't have them, but now we do"?

Seems like going to court over a speeding ticket you got before the speed limit was raised.

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Re:Google buys another round of IBM patents as its Oracle tr... by Tim-Boss on Wednesday January 04, 2012 @05:02PM (#3426121)

I would doubt it: I think what they're arguing in court is historical, e.g. BigCorporation sold(past-tense) units of our product that infringed(past-tense) our I.P.

[disclaimer: I'm no lawyer]

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