???In Technology Wars, Using the Patent as a Sword??? - New York Times Feature

[Geoffrey S. Mendelson]

Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> | http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/22/google-closes-12-5-billion-deal-to-buy-motorola-mobility/
> | (last visited May 24, 2012). Google has since said that of the $12.5B, $5.5 were
> | for patents, which is still a staggering sum.

No, it's not. It's actually a meager sum when you consider that they 
bought more than 17,000 active and 7,500 pending patents.

Google calculator tells me that's $265,000 for each patent, which is 
pretty cheap considering it supposed to cover the costs of the 
developers, patent fees, lawyers, etc.

Geoff.


-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
"Owning a smartphone: Technology's equivalent to learning to play
chopsticks on the piano as a child and thinking you're a musician."
(sent to me by a friend)