Comments on: Google grabs IBM patents including “Computer phone” http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-ibm-patents-including-computer-phone-03205647/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 08 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: AppleFUD http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-ibm-patents-including-computer-phone-03205647/#comment-168445 AppleFUD Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=205647#comment-168445 yeah, its really seems like most patents for tech companies these days are nothing more than some patent attorney sitting down with an engineer and coming up with anything and everything they can possibly think of, regardless it if is obvious, already done, or just a pipe dream.

software patents need to go the way of the dinosaurs–after all MS & Apple were allowed to build their companies without threat of software patents.

]]> By: Chris Burns http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-ibm-patents-including-computer-phone-03205647/#comment-168393 Chris Burns Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=205647#comment-168393 ah shoot shoot — here we go http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7499726 also fixed above, thanks

]]> By: Paulus Net http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-ibm-patents-including-computer-phone-03205647/#comment-168378 Paulus Net Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=205647#comment-168378 The U.S. Patent Document 4,661,659  patent was owned by Sharp not IBM. The last patent link only links back to the same article. 

]]> By: Zachary Koterba http://www.slashgear.com/google-grabs-ibm-patents-including-computer-phone-03205647/#comment-168333 Zachary Koterba Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=205647#comment-168333 Its sad that Google even needs to find these defensive patents, but I’m glad its getting them. As Android takes over Apple will begin to throw out its legal shitstorm.

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