The newly released Google patent search tool provides an endless opportunity for digging up the bizarre and downright unbelievable. However, it is also useful to glimpse what some of the larger internet monoliths are pondering. Try using the tool to find all terms containing the words “search engine” ; all the usual culprits pop up – Overture, Napster, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, Google. It is also fascinating to see the the age of many filings – their subject matter is as relevant now as they obviously predicted it would be.
I can smell the scent of lawyers from here.
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