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by deprecative 994 days ago
Technology patents create a complex MAD situation. At the end of the day Alphabet will be paying tons of money to Microsoft who will pay it to Apple who will pay it to Samsung who will pay it to probably Nokia or Xerox or Nintendo or whatever. And this goes on for each and every company with wealth in these spaces.
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They (BigCo) traditionally cross-license to benefit each other and lock out new entrants.