Patent Law

Baby Gorilla

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

Matt Buchanan on Promote the Progress has a tidy analysis of Google's self-interest in patent reform. Matt makes two points: 1) as a youngster (a decade-old company), Google has no patent experience other than being sued. 2) Google already has monopoly power. Well put by Buchanan: "What can strong patent protection offer to Google, as a patent owner? Nothing more than spikes on the end of a giant club it already owns."

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).