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John Paczkowski in News on February 9 at 11:22 am PT
Looks like the Justice Department plans to approve the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s wireless technology patents to a consortium led by Microsoft and Apple. Sources familiar with the matter say the DOJ has addressed concerns that the consortium might use the patents to unfairly hamstring competitors. It’s not clear when the DOJ will issue its approval, but when it does some 6,000 wireless patents will be transferred over to Rockstar Bidco, an alliance that also includes Research In Motion, Sony, Ericsson AB and EMC.
John Paczkowski in AsiaD on October 20, 2011 at 8:30 pm PT
Today, Huawei is a $29 billion company. Ten years from now, it hopes to be at $100 billion. The head of Huawei’s North American R&D team is one of the guys charged with making that happen.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 19, 2011 at 5:25 am PT
Like gutting a broken-down historic house to salvage the pricey copper pipes, will HP now sell Palm for its patent parts?
John Paczkowski in News on August 15, 2011 at 8:00 am PT
With its $12.5 billion deal to acquire Motorola Mobility, Google is gaining not only a major Android handset manufacturer, but a vast trove of intellectual property with which to defend its operating system.
Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming
AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.
Thomas Catan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 30, 2011 at 5:20 pm PT
The Justice Department is intensifying an investigation into whether tech giants including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion could use a recently acquired trove of patents to unfairly hobble competing smartphones using Google’s Android software.
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John Paczkowski in News on July 11, 2011 at 4:28 pm PT
It’s official. Judges in the United States and Canada today
approved the $4.5 billion sale of Nortel’s wireless technology patents to a consortium led by Microsoft and Apple. When the transaction closes in about a month, some 6,000 wireless patents will be transferred over to Rockstar Bidco, an alliance that also includes Research In Motion, Sony, Ericsson AB and EMC.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 6, 2011 at 11:35 am PT
The mobile patent arena continues to be a hotbed of litigation, settlements and M&A activity, and the fireworks are continuing.
HTC announced a $300 million deal on Tuesday to scoop up graphics chipmaker S3 and its patents, while Microsoft has announced a slew of Android-related patent licensing agreements over the past week.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 1, 2011 at 9:09 am PT
Google admits the outcome of the patent auction was “disappointing,” while some outsiders say the company missed a golden opportunity to bulk up its patent portfolio at a time when Android is coming under increasing legal attack.
