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I think it's more the case that Google has to fight both sides of this: acquire patents for defense in the short term, lobby congress for patent reform in the l

I think it's more the case that Google has to fight both sides of this: acquire patents for defense in the short term, lobby congress for patent reform in the long term. I think long long-term, the friction of the patent system goes against Google's incentives. Google isn't a hardware company (even though they just bought one). They sell search ads, and their complements are hardware, software, everything between consumers and search ads. If patents in general are a tax on innovation, that's bad for Google.

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lurch_mojoff 15y ago
I'll believe that Google wants patent reform when I actually see them lobbying for it. For now it's all wishful thinking. Any and all legal expenses and patent royalties in "the short term" would certainly be less than $12B. The Moto Mobility purchase really stinks of long term investment in IP and capitulation before the system.