It looks like while half the Web will be holding its breath over how Facebook will wield its newly-found patent power, with its patent of the news feed, the other half just found a reason to take a big gulp of air and look around. Google was awarded last Tuesday a patent for location-based advertising, the potential bread and butter of a number of emerging mobile applications.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Today In "Thanks, Patent Office:" Google patents location-based advertising
From ReadWriteWeb, who remind us every day that the media can make us cry:
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Wow, that sucks. I find it hard to believe that either of those companies can lay legitimate claim to either of those ideas, but I guess they have =/
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean. It's such a shame that it's in the best interest of companies with the funds to try to patent everything they can touch with a stick, even when their only motivation is in *avoiding* patent suits. It's also a heck of a shame that evaluating CS patents is so very difficult.
ReplyDelete