Saturday, July 30, 2011

Google buys patents from IBM to save itself from lawsuites

Google has recently purchased patents from IBM in order to defend itself from lawsuites as Google already is far behind in acquiring patents while other companies like Apple has stock of patents which it already using against Samsung and Microsoft also doing same.




 The patents reportedly involve the "fabrication and architecture of memory and microprocessing chips," computer architecture including servers and routers and online search engines, among other things. SEO stands for search engine optimization, or the practice of structuring websites and content so they rank well on search engines like Google


As of now , there is no information on the prices of patents as Google spokesperson reportedly clearly declined  and not even disclosed that which patents among bought are useful against lawsuites


Google faces patent lawsuits for many of its services, including its Android mobile-device operating system, which has become a bigger target as its world-wide popularity has risen. It is unclear whether any current lawsuits pose a threat to future revenue generated by Google's new technologies..


Google has nearly $40 billion in cash, giving it the flexibility to make purchases. But it was outbid earlier this month when a coalition of companies that compete with Android, including Apple , and Microsoft , agreed to buy a portfolio of some 6,000 patents owned by Nortel Networks Corp. for $4.5 billion. That price was five times the $900 million Google had initially offered in an early bid for the patents.


Also,Moutain View giant  has been in talks to buy InterDigital Inc., a company that owns thousands of patents and licenses them but doesn't create products

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