Google buys another round of IBM patents as its Oracle trial nears (arstechnica.com) 10 points by iamhenry 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] freehunter 14y ago ↗ A question arises in my mind. Could Google actually use these patents in their defense against Oracle? "We didn't have them, but now we do"?Seems like going to court over a speeding ticket you got before the speed limit was raised. [–] [deleted] 14y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] [deleted] 14y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] Tim-Boss 14y ago ↗ I would doubt it: I think what they're arguing in court is historical, e.g. BigCorporation sold(past-tense) units of our product that infringed(past-tense) our I.P.[disclaimer: I'm no lawyer]
[–] Tim-Boss 14y ago ↗ I would doubt it: I think what they're arguing in court is historical, e.g. BigCorporation sold(past-tense) units of our product that infringed(past-tense) our I.P.[disclaimer: I'm no lawyer]
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 24.3 ms ] threadSeems like going to court over a speeding ticket you got before the speed limit was raised.
[disclaimer: I'm no lawyer]