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Apple Offered Licensing Deals to Patent Foes

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on March 6 at 11:22 am PT

Apple Inc. is fighting a multi-front patent war against competing makers of mobile devices, demanding injunctions that would block sales of their products. But the company has also indicated a willingness to cut deals with competitors, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal

Thomas Catan and Ian Sherr, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 8 at 3:48 pm PT

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.

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Apple Asked Standards Body to Set Rules for Essential Patents

Ian Sherr, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 8 at 5:30 am PT

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.

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Motorola Seeks Slice of iPhone, iPad Sales

Ian Sherr and Harriett Torry, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on February 6 at 3:21 pm PT

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.