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"Rational move". Think about that for a second. Morally wrong doesn't really reach anyone's mind these days.

How would it look if someone else got the patent and completely blocked Google? It's not even a question for large companies. The issue is this archaic patent and copyright system where someone "owns" an idea... Absurd.

This type of argument doesn’t stand here. Since the truth is that there is prior art, and the right thing to do is to make sure nobody got the patent, google could have make sure nobody get the patent.

Ironically that’s what they ended up doing, but i doubt it was on purpose.

It's not their work for starters.

Morals don't count for a whole lot if a patent trolls are also players in the game.

Morals always count. They wouldn’t be morals if you didn’t have to sometimes to work against rational self interest to stick to them.

And google of all companies have the resources to swat away patent lawsuits with so much prior art.

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