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shardling
on Dec 10, 2012
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Facebook, Google, Zynga Ask Courts To Reject Paten...
Ok, but do you think that google et al haven't done a similar analysis? They presumably have a reason for doing this.
rayiner
on Dec 10, 2012
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I'm sure someone has, but I think this may be an example of either: 1) setting the ask for a negotiation high then bargaining down; or 2) the engineers calling the shots.
codeka
on Dec 10, 2012
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It could just be a symbolic thing, maybe they don't actually expect anything to come of it.
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