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Google Launches a Marketplace To Buy Patents From Interested Sellers

Posted by samzenpus on from the fighting-the-trolls dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google has announced an experimental marketplace called the Patent Purchase Promotion, which aims to keep patents out of the hands of patent trolls. From the announcement: "By simplifying the process and having a concentrated submission window, we can focus our efforts into quickly evaluating patent assets and getting responses back to potential sellers quickly. Hopefully this will translate into better experiences for sellers, and remove the complications of working with entities such as patent trolls."

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  1. The evil plan by qbast · · Score: 3, Funny

    And in ten years Google hits whole industry with massive patent attack.

  2. Patent troll by SYSS+Mouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    so will Google become a patent troll themselves?

    1. Re:Patent troll by geekmux · · Score: 2

      so will Google become a patent troll themselves?

      Ah, that's King Troll to you, patent peasant.

      Please ensure you address your patent overlords appropriately.

  3. Better than Google+ by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well at least it is a better way to spend their money than Google+.

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  4. Re:Which patent trolls ... by willworkforbeer · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The current lot of patent trolls can exist in the shadows since their businesses do not depend upon the goodwill of the public.

    It stands to reason that a company in the public eye, and one that is already painfully aware of and carefully 'managing' public image issues around the world, would be an improvement over the current seemingly anonymous patent trolls. It is not remotely a perfect solution, but it may be a step towards public accountability for abuses of the abject mess that is the current "patent system."

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  5. Re:Which patent trolls ... by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This IS NOT a patent clearing house. Not by a long shot.

    This is Google setting up a market place where people can offer to sell Google, and ONLY Google, the opportunity to buy patents. Nobody else will be able to purchase patents with this.

    This is the Google looking to expand its own patent portfolio.

    This has NOTHING to do with a bunch of mini patent trolls -- just one fucking big one.

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