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Google buys another round of IBM patents as its Oracle trial nears

by iamhenry on 1/4/12, 7:38 PM with 2 comments

• by freehunter on 1/4/12, 8:38 PM

  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.