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In a way, I am happy that Google was outbid in its bid for Nortel patents. This highlights how broken this system really is. It is being abused by big corporati
by ajitk 15y ago
In a way, I am happy that Google was outbid in its bid for Nortel patents. This highlights how broken this system really is. It is being abused by big corporations to maintain their hegemony.
It is allegedly a protection racket: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-why-google-and-android-must-deal-with-the-mobile-protection-racket/ http://paidcontent.org/article/419-why-google-and-android-mu...
- tzs 15y ago> In a way, I am happy that Google was outbid in its bid for Nortel patents. This highlights how broken this system really is. It is being abused by big corporations to maintain their hegemony. That makes no sense, unless you think Google is not a big corporation.
- ajitk 15y agoI did not say Google is not a big corporation. The emphasis is on patent system being used for by big corporations (against big or small entities) for a purpose that is not "good".