Google buys another 2^10 IBM patents

Google has added 1 023 more IBM patents to its technology arsenal to fend off legal attacks by rivals such as Apple and Microsoft. The purchases added to the 1 000 or so patents the firm bought from IBM in July and reportedly ranged from mobile software to computer hardware and processes.

Google spokesman Jim Prosser told said that the patent transfers had taken place but would not disclose financial terms of the deal or specifics regarding the intellectual property.

The push by Google to strengthen its patent portfolio comes as the fight for dominance in the booming smartphone market increasingly involves lawsuits claiming infringement of patented technology.

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