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"Bad for Google" - you're making the opposite point that you think. In practice it doesn't matter who owns the patent, what matters are the licensing terms. Goo
by tompccs 7y ago
"Bad for Google" - you're making the opposite point that you think. In practice it doesn't matter who owns the patent, what matters are the licensing terms. Google make hundreds of millions in a day now, and PageRank was probably irrelevant to Google's core revenue streams within a few years.
- mkl 7y agoAm I? If Google had owned the patent, they wouldn't have had to pay Stanford to license it, saving loads of shares/money, and the licensing terms would be moot.