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____/ Homer on Wednesday 10 Aug 2011 08:04 : \____
> Top 5 Tech Companies by Patent Portfolio:
>
> IBM 26,000 (40,000 worldwide)
> Microsoft 20,000
> Oracle 20,000
> Apple 3,000 (one year ago)
> Google 2,000
>
> http://venturebeat.com/2011/07/29/google-ibm-patents/
> http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/08/counting-patents-apple-google-htc/
>
> Top 5 Tech Companies by Market Cap. (Billions USD):
>
> Apple 346.74
> Microsoft 214.32
> IBM 203.76
> Google 185.15
> Oracle 139.81
>
> http://www.google.com/finance
>
> So Google is worth 45 Billion USD more than Oracle, but has just 1/10 th
> the number of patents (half of which it only just acquired from IBM this
> month, so that market cap. was actually built upon _1/20 th_ of Oracle's
> patents).
>
> Meanwhile, the most valuable tech. company, Apple, is also the one with
> the second /least/ amount of patents, and the company with by /far/ the
> most patents, IBM, is worth 143 Billion USD /less/ than Apple.
>
> So the purpose of patents is...?
Trophies with potential to ban the competition or tax it. Patents were
originally for /publication/ relating to physical inventions.
What's the benefit to the public? The /publication/ part is made
obsolete by the Internet.
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