Thursday, July 28, 2011

Google acquires IBM patents!

Bloomberg reports on July 29: Google Inc., facing a growing threat of intellectual-property lawsuits, acquired a batch of patents this month from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) to bolster its portfolio.

But Google's Kent Walker was quoted: “Software patents are kind of gumming up the works of innovation.”

1 Comments:

Blogger New said...

After the major fumble with its Nortel patent bid, Google is likely quite anxious to get some serious IP assets under its belt ... and rightfully so.

8:36 PM  

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