Google Purchases 1, 030 IBM Patents For IP Catalog Strengthening

By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on July 29th, 2011%
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Google has confirmed it snapped a bunch of IBM copyrights, in a move that is considered to be self-protective against the increasing quantity of IP-based lawsuits.  The 1,030 copyrights acquired cover a broad range of technologies, SEO by the Sea rumors, including memory and microprocessor chip fabrication/architecture, server and router plan, and software programming like relational databases, object oriented programming and more.

The spokesperson of Google said, though refused to expose the financial details of the agreement with IBM, “Like many tech companies, at times we’ll acquire patents that are relevant to our business.”

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Apple Gives More than Half of the Nortel Patent Price

By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on July 21st, 2011%
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Apple is contributing over half the quantity of US$4.5 billion price tag for Nortel copyrights, with partners including Microsoft and Sony joined kicking in the rest.

Apple stated in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it will give around $2.6 billion toward the price of the Nortel patent acquisition.  Nortel has been selling off portion of its business after filing for bankruptcy protection in 2009.  It currently auctioned off its portfolio of around 6,000 copyrights.  A consortium that consists of Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Research In Motion, EMC and Ericsson had the winning $4.5 billion bid.  As . . . → Read More: Apple Gives More than Half of the Nortel Patent Price

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