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They are actively using that patent. They're against 'low quality' patents owned by companies that don't use them to create anything. If they're lobbying for pa
by btipling 16y ago
They are actively using that patent. They're against 'low quality' patents owned by companies that don't use them to create anything. If they're lobbying for patent reform then isn't that a good indication of where they stand on the issue?
- notahacker 16y agoThey're against 'low quality' patents when it suits them, which is quite often. On the other hand, whilst they haven't [yet] tried to enforce it, the recently-awarded "Google Doodles" patent is the definitive example of a junk patent - ludicrously vague, of no value whatsoever in advancing human enterprise and preceded by prior art that covered broad swathes of the contemporary internet before Google existed, including some companies they really would have been paying lots of attention to[1]. Really, the patent lawyer that persuaded them to apply for that deserves a slap. Whilst I'm sure Nortel actually have done a lot of worthwhile research in the process of building up their portfolio, Google is also in the process of giving people 900 million more reasons more to apply for patents for anything and everything. [1]Rudolf wishes you Merry Christmas from Yahoo 1996 http://replay.waybackmachine.org/19961223150621/http://www8.yahoo.com/ http://replay.waybackmachine.org/19961223150621/http://www8....