Google has snapped up 1000 patents from IBM ranging from those touching on web based querying to design and production of memory and microprocessing chips, and even some relating to routers and servers.
The search and software giant has been trying to pick up patents for quite some time now, recently losing out on its $900 million bid for bankrupt Nortel’s 6000 copyrighted assets to Apple, Microsoft, Research In Motion, and others.
