>From what I can tell, the general mentality at Google is that patents are annoying. They seem to get these things for defensive purposes only - so that when Apple, who does like patents very much, sues them they have something to counter-sue with.<br>
<br>Kind of like mutually assured destruction. Just without the nuclear fallout :)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:44 PM, William Christensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wirewc@gmail.com">wirewc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">Hello everyone, I just got an interesting email that might be of interest to a few people in webdev. <div>
/*<br><div>Recently got this from a friend.<br><br>With Harry Houdini doodle, Google has a curious new patent up its sleeve<br><br>Today's Harry Houdini logo is the first to appear after Google<br>received a very interesting patent. The "Google doodle" – which shall<br>
forever after be known as the 'System and Method For Enticing Users To<br>A Web Site' – has been approved by the US patent office.<br><br><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0324/With-Harry-Houdini-doodle-Google-has-a-curious-new-patent-up-its-sleeve" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0324/With-Harry-Houdini-doodle-Google-has-a-curious-new-patent-up-its-sleeve</a><br>
<br><a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7%2C912%2C915.PN.&OS=PN%2F7%2C912%2C915&RS=PN%2F7%2C912%2C915" target="_blank">http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7%2C912%2C915.PN.&OS=PN%2F7%2C912%2C915&RS=PN%2F7%2C912%2C915</a><br>
<div><div>*/</div><div><br></div><div>-Will</div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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