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39 Web-Service Patents Snatched At Auction

Posted by timothy on from the except-my-candybars-are-being-sold-online-now dept.

JerryP writes "According to this article, an unknown firm called JGR Acquisitions has acquired some 39 patents that apply to a set of key technical protocols known as Web services. The patents offered for sale as part of the liquidation of Commerce One."

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  1. Non-news by nonregistered · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unless we know what patents changed hands, there's not much to see here. And, why would the new owner be any worse than the old to the future of the Internet?