tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6773396177157070687..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Google says "We want your patent. Maybe."Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-67254718795419080582015-05-04T18:40:04.019+01:002015-05-04T18:40:04.019+01:00A "world wide" license on something that...A "world wide" license on something that is strictly valuable in one country is more than a bit of sensationalist overkill.<br /><br />You pay a premium for "fancy words" that have no effect.<br /><br />One more reason for caveat emptor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71356383713200760252015-05-04T15:42:35.475+01:002015-05-04T15:42:35.475+01:00Doesn't it strike anybody as odd that Google w...Doesn't it strike anybody as odd that Google would offer a world-wide licence on a US Patent?<br /><br />And how about the value of the CN,JP, EP,CA,UK,DE etc equivalents of the US patents that Google buys? They will become very valuable, IMHO.Kuifjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-74244324974693358072015-05-01T18:41:06.958+01:002015-05-01T18:41:06.958+01:00As a search company (or should I say: keeping-trac...As a search company (or should I say: keeping-track-of-everybody's-life-company), Google should be in an excellent position to find infringers of any patent it might buy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-59714150418573602172015-05-01T17:36:42.549+01:002015-05-01T17:36:42.549+01:00A couple more possible knock-on effects may be:
a...A couple more possible knock-on effects may be:<br /><br />a) previously hesitant applicants may now be motived to file, possibly leading to a boom in US filings,<br /><br />b) for small applicants, an EP filing suddenly looks a bit lacklustre when compared to a US filing with its added Google spice.Jeremy N.noreply@blogger.com