Patents, Ladies and Gents, Patents



Seems like a power play to push that patent reform bill through.

Vringo won't see much of that money in the lifetime of anyone in that company (yes, they might get 8 digits, but no one is giving away 10 without a mega, never ending fight)
 
While publicly traded Vringo also has a "video ringtone" business, its financial statements describe its business as now being focused on patent assertion. The company has 28 full-time employees, has generated "no significant revenue to date," and had more than $10 million in legal expenses in 2012
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seems legit.
 
Accepting those estimates, an extremely rough calculation suggests US AdWords revenue is somewhere in the range of $15 billion to $18 billion annually. If that's right, it would place the Vringo royalty win somewhere in the realm of $200 million to $250 million annually. The patents expire in 2016, and Google is liable from November 2012, which is the date final judgment was entered after the trial.
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Vringo, Inc. collects money from patents, of which they have over 500 including applications. They cover telecom infrastructure, internet search, and mobile technologies. Vringo operates a global platform for the distribution of mobile social applications and services.[1]
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Vringo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Look for Google to shake down the organic SERPS to force websites into buying more Adwords to make up for that 1.36% loss. Its the only ethical move they can make.
 
Wow, that's crazy. The stock was only up 20% today though.

And Google just sold Motorola for $3 billion, when they paid like $13b. They held on to most of the patents, valuing the patents at $10 billion
 
r3p1v said:
Wow, that's crazy. The stock was only up 20% today though.

And Google just sold Motorola for $3 billion, when they paid like $13b. They held on to most of the patents, valuing the patents at $10 billion
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They sold off Motorola's top box unit for $2B+ and sold the handset unit to Lenovo for a few more billion. They paid around $5B or so to acquire the patents.

Google is in BOSS mode.
 
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