Google loads up on IP again, buys 1,000 more patents from IBM

Appears like we’ve heard this story before — Google buys a gaggle of patents to offer protection to its cute little green baby from your complete big, bad patent lawsuits . Only this time, rather than buying a hardware manufacturer to expand its patent warchest, team Mountain View merely purchased 1,023 bits of IP from IBM. Covering everything from a way for filling holes in printed wiring boards to a style for file system management, Google seems to have grabbed quite the eclectic collection — one we’re sure Big G will put to work for itself and its buddies right away. Those trying to see the total result of this latest patent shopping spree can hit the source link below.

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