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In simple terms, google baited people with good ideas to join google x labs. Then pursued to cancel the projects, and thus cutting out the people who originated

In simple terms, google baited people with good ideas to join google x labs. Then pursued to cancel the projects, and thus cutting out the people who originated these ideas. Finally, google went on to use these ideas to create their own technology, and some have even graduated from Google X Labs. Basically, evil incubation.

noncoml 9y ago
You state it as it is fact. That’s what the plaintiff claims, yes. But it doesn’t mean it’s true.
- ComputerGuru 9y ago
  If, as hinted in the article based off a judge in the case’s remarks, and Google’s defense is “we were under no obligation to compensate him” then it does seem that it is what went down.
  - aneutron 9y ago
    They have to deal with thousands of patent trolls. I'm assuming that they have to do this, otherwise they'd set a precedent, not strictly in the court room, that they have been subdued. IANAL, but I think that any firm of this size would be aggressive when you start throwing such statements.
pishpash 9y ago
That's simplistic. Why would they go to the trouble of "cutting out the people who originated these ideas" if they are already at X Labs and the project was to continue?
- StanislavPetrov 9y ago
  Simple, because then they'd have to share the profits with them.
  - pishpash 9y ago
    Google is big and has plenty of money. It sounds more like politics than anything financially motivated.
    - IncRnd 9y ago
      I'm not sure why you think politics has anything to do with these sorts of things. What normally happens in these types of situations is the stakeholders from the company that has just seen the product get together and the boss asks a few questions, such as, "Do we need them to build this?" If nothing was put into place to protect the ip of the inventors, then the idea will frequently get stolen.
  - khazhoux 9y ago
    Google regularly pays "average" employees quarter-million+ a year. It pays its higher-ups millions a year. It pays its superstars many many millions. This is an undisputable fact. The idea that they'd cut someone out just to not pay them does not match this reality.

noncoml 9y ago

You state it as it is fact. That’s what the plaintiff claims, yes. But it doesn’t mean it’s true.

ComputerGuru 9y ago
If, as hinted in the article based off a judge in the case’s remarks, and Google’s defense is “we were under no obligation to compensate him” then it does seem that it is what went down.
- aneutron 9y ago
  They have to deal with thousands of patent trolls. I'm assuming that they have to do this, otherwise they'd set a precedent, not strictly in the court room, that they have been subdued. IANAL, but I think that any firm of this size would be aggressive when you start throwing such statements.

pishpash 9y ago

That's simplistic. Why would they go to the trouble of "cutting out the people who originated these ideas" if they are already at X Labs and the project was to continue?

StanislavPetrov 9y ago
Simple, because then they'd have to share the profits with them.
- pishpash 9y ago
  Google is big and has plenty of money. It sounds more like politics than anything financially motivated.
  - IncRnd 9y ago
    I'm not sure why you think politics has anything to do with these sorts of things. What normally happens in these types of situations is the stakeholders from the company that has just seen the product get together and the boss asks a few questions, such as, "Do we need them to build this?" If nothing was put into place to protect the ip of the inventors, then the idea will frequently get stolen.
- khazhoux 9y ago
  Google regularly pays "average" employees quarter-million+ a year. It pays its higher-ups millions a year. It pays its superstars many many millions. This is an undisputable fact. The idea that they'd cut someone out just to not pay them does not match this reality.