Get paid to keep your ideas out of the hands of patent trolls says Google

The year 2013 was a record year for patent lawsuits, which are on the rise quickly.

This new effort is called the Patent Purchase Promotion by Google.

The plot is simple: make it simple to sell your patents to Google rather than the wrong people.

Then bad things happen, like lawsuits, lots of wasted effort, and generally bad karma.

Rarely does this provide any meaningful benefit to the original patent owner.

This project is a sort of open beta like many things that Google does.

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We view this as an experiment, Google wrote in the programs FAQ.

Google is generally asking the patent owners to believe them.