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- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 05:53:58 -0400 (EDT)
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BUSINESS: CORPORATIONS: NAMED CORPORATIONS: MICROSOFT, AOL :
PATENTS :
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY :
TECHNOLOGY :
TELECOMMUNICATIONS :
INTERNET:
Microsoft Fires Latest Salvo in Patent War
With $1 Billion Purchase from AOL
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Microsoft Fires Latest Salvo in Patent War
With $1 Billion Purchase from AOL
By Jia Lynn Yang,
Published: April 9, 2012
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/
microsoft-fires- latest-salvo-in-patent-war-with-1-billion-
purchase-from-aol/2012/04/09/gIQAVjs06S_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/7t6zuq6
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AOL announced Monday that it is selling more than 800 patents to Microsoft
for $1 billion, marking the latest salvo in the tech industrys all-out war
over who controls the most lucrative ideas powering the Internet and
smartphones.
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Companies are spending billions to buy patents, not always to innovate but
often as insurance against legal attacks or to threaten their competitors
with lawsuits. The desire to stockpile patents is driving many of the
biggest tech deals, including the Microsoft purchase.
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Its a precedent because of the scale of these things, said Jim Bessen, a
fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard
University. A billion dollars for 800 patents? Thats just astounding.
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The fixation on acquiring intellectual property is troubling to many
observers, who see a broken system, spawned by Washington regulators who
have for decades rubber-stamped too many patents that are vague or have
questionable value.
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For years, most of the companies suing tech giants over patents were minor
players in Silicon Valley known as trolls because they did not invent
anything themselves. But more recently, as tech giants have expanded their
reach and crossed into one anothers lines of business, the battle to
protect intellectual ideas has intensified.
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Now, nearly every major tech company is embroiled in a legal fight over
patents. This month, Yahoo sued Facebook over 10 patents relating to
advertising, privacy settings and messages. Facebook has countersued.
Apple is suing Googles Android partners, such as Samsung, accusing them of
infringing on technology for the iPhone and iPad, such as the slide to
unlock feature.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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