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Re:Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Patents On A... by shardling on Sunday December 09, 2012 @10:52PM (#4897409)
Ok, but do you think that google et al haven't done a similar analysis? They presumably have a reason for doing this.
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Re:Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Patents On A... by rayiner on Sunday December 09, 2012 @11:23PM (#4897497)
I'm sure someone has, but I think this may be an example of either: 1) setting the ask for a negotiation high then bargaining down; or 2) the engineers calling the shots.
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Re:Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Patents On A... by codeka on Sunday December 09, 2012 @11:32PM (#4897523)
It could just be a symbolic thing, maybe they don't actually expect anything to come of it.
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