∞ Apple to bid for Nortel patents

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Apple will join Intel, Ericsson and Google in bidding for the patents being sold by bankrupt Canadian company Nortel. The patent sale will be held on June 27, 2011. There are reportedly about 6,000 patents and patent applications on the auction block.

The patents include intelligence on wireless Internet technology and social networking. Nortel, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2009, has already sold most of its physical assets.

Apple, Intel to vie for Nortel patents: report [Reuters]


  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    At one point before the 2000 tech bubble popped, Nortel was being touted as a significant company. Does this story confirm that they indeed accomplished something significant enough to value eleven years later?

    • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

      I have to think 6,000 patents will be costly.

      • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

        Not if most of them are about what a handset and keyboard should look like.

        Or is that just the vodka & tonic talking?

        • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

          LOL