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In this scenario, posting the actual patents would allow everyone (including Google) to publically debunk them: find prior art, show that they don't apply, show that Google has patents essential to the claimed patents, demonstrate cross-licensing arrangements, or in the worst case work around the patent via technical means. None of those tactics work against nebulous bluster, hence the concept of FUD.



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