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| Thread ID: 124167 | 2012-04-10 15:39:00 | Micro$oft Buys AOL Patents | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1269202 | 2012-04-10 15:39:00 | www.zdnet.com Map wars in the future? Microsoft's purchase of AOL patents may be about a Google map war By Larry Dignan | April 9, 2012, 6:22am PDT Summary: If you connect the dots AOL’s patent sale to Microsoft may have a lot to do with the Bing Maps, Mapquest, OpenStreetMap trio vs. Google Maps. Microsoft bought AOL’s patents in a deal valued at $1.056 billion and may have just accelerated a Web map war with Google. In a statement, AOL said it will sell more than 800 of its patents and patent applications to Microsoft. The deal includes shares of an undisclosed subsidiary so AOL can take a loss for tax purposes. The deal is good for both parties and the patent auction was apparently competitive, according to Microsoft. Why would these patents be so hot? There’s a Web mapping war going on |
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| 1269203 | 2012-04-10 21:54:00 | Oh the patent lawyers will be rubbing their hands with glee over new law suites.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1269204 | 2012-04-10 23:59:00 | Oh the patent lawyers will be rubbing their hands with glee over new law suit.s.. Yep; tropical resorts will be adding rooms at a furious rate to cater for the legal visitors taking stress leave. |
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| 1269205 | 2012-04-11 00:12:00 | Seems about patent portfolios wars for safeguearding or owning intellectual properties for large online enterprises or behemoths. Including the recent 1 billion purchase of Instagram by Facebook, and Google's 12 billion Motorola deal. Seems to be out gunning one another, as announcements made recently and almost simultaneously. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1269206 | 2012-04-11 01:45:00 | I'm missing something here -- it seems if M$ is a Johnny-come-lately to the patents that were either leased out or sold to another company before M$ acquires them - isn't that some sorta ex-post-facto situation? At least Google should be grandfathered our of the legalities that would make them exempt of any litigious actions . |
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| 1269207 | 2012-04-11 09:45:00 | Hydra buys zombie www.metafilter.com |
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