Zynga Inks Deal With Hasbro to Bring FarmVille Into the Real World

Zynga has partnered with Hasbro to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based on Zynga’s most popular Facebook games and characters.
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Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal

The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory of technology patents to deploy in the smartphone wars.

Apple Asked Standards Body to Set Rules for Essential Patents

Apple Inc. has asked a telecommunications standards body to set basic principles governing how member companies license their patents, an increasingly contentious topic for rivals in the smartphone industry.

Motorola Seeks Slice of iPhone, iPad Sales

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. asked Apple Inc. to pay a potential royalty of 2.25 percent of sales for some iPhones and iPads last year, representing possibly billions of dollars in licensing fees.

EMI Music to Developers: Take My Music, Please

A deal between the label and music tech start-up Echo Nest gives coders access to songs they’ve heard of, with a minimum of fuss. Imagine that!
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Microsoft Now Collecting Protection Money on Half of All Android Devices

Add Compal to the list of Android device manufacturers paying Microsoft tribute.
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Microsoft Signs Mega-Patent Deal With Samsung, Will Get Royalties on Every Android Device It Sells

In its biggest Android-related patent deal to date, the two companies also agreed to further cooperate on Windows Phone.
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Microsoft Adds Viewsonic, Acer to Its “Do Not Sue” List

Redmond licenses its Android-related patents to both companies, and offers ViewSonic protection for any Chrome-based devices it might produce.
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Mosaid Gets a Pile of Patents to Exploit for Nokia

An interesting new twist in the mobile patent wars. Mosaid Technologies, by acquiring Core Technologies, has taken control of about 2,000 wireless patents and patent applications originally filed by Nokia. But instead of paying cash for them, the holding company has agreed to give the Finnish phone maker and its partner, Microsoft, two-thirds of whatever money it makes from them. The deal is a big win for Mosaid, which believes revenue from future licensing will surpass the company’s revenue for the past 35 years.

With HP’s Raising of the World’s Biggest White Flag, Will Jon Rubinstein and Todd Bradley Surrender Too?

Key webOS execs Todd Bradley and Jon Rubinstein were left out of the loop on HP’s dramatic departure from the consumer space this week. So, will they stay or will they go now?
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Where Does Googorola Leave HP’s webOS?

Apple to Pay Nokia To Settle Patent Spat