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'a hostile, organized campaign against Android by Microsoft, Oracle, Apple...'
David Drummond, Google Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer:
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08-04-2011, 10:47 AM | #2 |
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" Just in case that wasn’t enough, Frank Shaw, Microsoft Head of Communications, followed up with the real heat-seeker. “Free advice for David Drummond – next time check with Kent Walker before you blog. ,” Shaw tweeted, referring to another Google SVP and General Counsel. Attached to that tweet was the picture of an email Walker apparently sent to Smith on October 28, 2010. It reads as follows: Brad – Sorry for the delay in getting back to you — I came down with a 24-hour bug on the way back from San Antonio. After talking with people here, it sounds as though for various reasons a joint bid wouldn’t be advisable for us on this one. But I appreciate your flagging it, and we’re open to discussing other similar opportunities in the future. I hope the rest of your travels go well, and I look forward to seeing you again soon. – Kent While it’s only one instance, this really does undercut Google’s entire argument. Google was attempting to set up aÂ*patternÂ*of Microsoft teaming up with other Google rivals to damage them. But the first instance listed was actually the result of Google turning Microsoft down, as the email shows. That doesn’t not look good for Google. " http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/03/mic...8TechCrunch%29 |
08-04-2011, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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Hmm... so it's ok to gang up with others to use the patent system to extort or harass a
competitor, as long as you gave them a chance to join the gang first? Join or Die!! MS made them an offer they couldn't refuse, is that it? Luck; Ken |
08-04-2011, 01:35 PM | #4 |
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Yup, that's about it. While the idea behind the patent system has merit, it has been sorely abused of late.
And Google’s hands are not all that lily white either. |
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Google should give MS and others free access to it's patented Pagerank algorithm. Then MS and its allies could drop the patent battle. Seems fair, no?
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Google posted an update:
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08-04-2011, 05:51 PM | #7 |
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This is a big win for the open source community. The patent trolling done by MS, Apple and Oracle is just shameful. Patents are extremely important for companies that put millions and years of hard work in R&D, but when a company is doing nothing more than buying patents to stifle competition that is down right immoral.
Here are the links to Google's original post from Rocks post #1 and the update Rocks #6 post "Google's Blog" DOJ: CPTN Holdings LLC and Novell Inc. Change Deal in Order to Address Department of Justice's Open Source Concerns |
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The patent system has been a sick joke for quite a while. You can patent anything these days, uploading files, the curve on the corners of a phone, ANYTHING. Consequently, you almost cannot make anything without running into issues with someones patents. Of course, patenting something is worthless if you do not have the money to go to court over it. On the flip side, you cannot make anything that might be remotely successful without having the money to defend you product from patent lawsuits. There are about 8 million US patents currently, who can afford to research all those patents to make sure they are not violating any on them (other than big corporations), and that is just in the US.
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Go Microsoft!
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I hate Microsoft as much as I hate Apple
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