Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid...
by nilsbunger on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:45PM
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Do you have any data on the quality of the patents? I thought the Motorola ones were mostly standards-essential and were a "second tranche" after the cream of the crop was previously sold off. But I can't find a good reference that I believe...
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Re:Microsoft's Surface sales figures are in, and they're hid...
by mullingitover on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @09:59PM
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It's anyone's guess. How do we know how many patent suits were avoided because Google had a new arsenal to fight back with? How many new patents have Moto engineers filed since the purchase? How do we put a dollar value on the hardware expertise that Google picked up in the purchase?