Rockstar, a company that many patents from the bankrupt Nortel defends include Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Sony Ericsson, has already put its patents up for sale for 900 million dollars. The patents are licensed, including Google. It means peace in the tech world, after years of patent wars.
When Nortel in 2011, was on the bottle, tried all the tech giants to get the immense patent portfolio in hands. Google lost that fight an opportunity consortium formed by, among others, Apple and Microsoft. These companies then pulled out all the stops to thwart Google and Samsung patents. Initiation of legal sales bans and fines demanded for the “abuse” of patents.
Rockstar was thus a feared opponent. But not anymore, because the whole patent portfolio is now just by licensing all. The portfolio of Rockstar is purchased by RPX Corporation, a company that promises a fair way to go with the patents in a way that it no longer comes from all sorts of lawsuits.
Rockstar has in the short time of its existence lawsuits filed against Google and many Android manufacturers, including Asus, HTC, Huawei, LG, Pantrech, Samsung and ZTE.
The more or less lifting Rockstar does mean a significant financial loss for the thirty companies that put money together to buy the Nortelpatenten. Who attended the counter for about $ 4.5 billion; Now they get at most $ 900 million in return.
Google that decided from defense to buy Motorola Mobile also had a huge patent portfolio, explained here then thick $ 12 billion down.
After Apple and Samsung bijlegden their patent dispute earlier this year on one lawsuit in the United States after his all other tech companies have come to realize that the market can not be controlled through patent lawsuits.
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