When interests are at stake, even the worst enemies become allies. When it comes to big auction of Nortel's patents, none other than Apple and Microsoft have teamed up to make a bid to guarantee the acquisition of intellectual property of the former Canadian technology company.
Leaving aside all the literature of technology journalism (!) Preaches about the relationship between Apple and Microsoft, it is interesting to see that companies have joined so easily towards a common goal. The consortium, formed by the two companies over RIM, Ericsson, Sony and EMC will pay $ 4.5 billion (about $ 7 billion), informs the Book Deal.
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The auction of intellectual property Nortel calls attention to the amount of licensed items. In total, the winning consortium will grab more than 6,000 patent applications made over the years by Nortel, one of the largest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment in North America.
The loser in the deal? Google and Intel, which formed a consortium to compete with the dynamic duo apple and windows. Google had a particular interest in the package of patents (which included records relating to the 4G technology) because it has been systematically processed, with a view to the mobile platform Android. Buying the patent, he would get rid of part of the problem.
The deal must still be approved by regulators in the United States and Canada, where the records were made. However, no danger of being banned.
