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I tried to find an example where Google sued a company for infringing on PageRank, but it doesn't appear that has ever happened.

If everyone really just uses patents for the threat of a possible lawsuit, is it still worth having them, even if you hope to never use one?




Many others have already pointed it out, but how closely it parallels nuclear weapons philosophy is startling.




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