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Apple and Google embrace for Kodak moment
The two have previously gone head to head on procuring patents, for example, when an Apple-led consortium snapped up Nortel's IP for $4.5 billion last year, following an offer from Google and its partners. -
Intel picks up patents from InterDigital
It looks like Intel got a good deal if you compare it to Nortel's $4.5 billion patent sale last year that fetched $750,000 per patent and Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, which implies a price of more than $735,000 per patent. -
A Rockstar troll ate my patents
Last summer, Jobs' Mob, Vole, EMC, RIM, Ericsson and Sony all teamed up to buy Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion. -
Disabled and retired ex-employees in pay dispute with Nortel
Nortel's US arm is trying to project manage its way out of a dispute involving pensioners and disabled workers who were once at the company. -
Google's Motorola purchase gets US journos' knickers in twist
Now from what we can tell, Google bought Motorola to gain access to its portfolio of over 17,000 patents worldwide, with another 7,500 in the works. This will give it the ammunition to see off Microsoft, Apple, Sony Ericsson, and others over the Novell and Nortel patents. -
Microsoft, Oracle and Apple team up to kill Android
Drummond pointed out that Vole and Jobs' Mob recently bought thousands of Novell and Nortel's old patents and were using them to demand a $US15 licensing fee for every Android device. -
Google splashes out on IBM patents
Of course it lost out recently with a bidding war for sought after Nortel LTE patents, which ended up in the hands of a consortium including Apple, EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, Sony and RIM. -
Google has yet another tantrum
This time it’s throwing its toys out of the pram as what looks to be a result of losing out on acquiring some of Nortel’s patents and claiming that the law surrounding patents should be changed. -
Apple's top patent lawyer leaving would mean trouble
Last month, it got all buddy, buddy with Microsoft and RIM amongst others to outbid Google in a $4.5 billion deal to acquire the technology patents from Nortel. The deal has been approved. -
Tech companies waste cash on patents, claims Schmidt
Of course, Schmidt might be partaking of a heady brew of the sour grapes. Google had a go at bidding for a collection of strategically vital patents from Nortel that cover wireless, 4G, data networking, internet and semiconductor technologies but did not come up with the readies. -
Consortium snaps up Nortel patents
A consortium of mobile gear makers, and Apple, have joined forces to buy up a portfolio of patents belonging to the bankrupt telecommunications gear maker Nortel Networks. -
Tech giants fight tooth and nail for Nortel patents
A huge scrap is taking place in the schoolyard, as bankrupt Nortel'sfinal patents go under the hammer. -
Microsoft intervenes to stop Google buying patents
Software King of the World Microsoft is moving to try and stop the search outfit Google snapping up Nortel's wireless patents. -
Google one step closer to Nortel's patents
Google nearly has Nortel's patents after a court approved the company's $900 million bid. However, it could still be pipped to the post. -
RIM competes with Google in Nortel patent buyout
Google could have a contender for the proposed buyout of Nortel's wireless technology patents. -
Nortel US tells EU divisions to get stuffed
Nortel's America and Canada divisions are kicking off with their European counterparts. -
Nortel wants $900 million from Google for 6,000 patents
Nortel, the telco and manufacturer of telco equipment, has entered a stalking horse asset sale agreement with Google - where it wants to sell off all of its remaining 6,000-ish patents and patent applications. Remaining is the word to look at here: Nortel has been flogging assets for some time. -
IP4 addresses have value
The Canadian telco outfit Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in 2009 and found that it was sitting on a block of 666,624 Ipv4 addresses.
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