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Tag: Nortel

Huawei settles with Apple-led Rockstar, will pay for Android’s patent infringement

Thursday, January 23, 2014 10:52 am12 Comments

Rockstar’s infringement allegations have merit…

Cable companies sue Apple’s Rockstar consortium over patent conspiracy

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:31 pmWednesday, January 22, 201413 Comments

The Apple/Sony/Blackberry/Microsoft-backed Rockstar consortium…

Apple-led Rockstar Consortium said to hold discussions to sell select patents

Monday, December 23, 2013 7:01 pmMonday, December 23, 201318 Comments

Rockstar Consortium, has recently been in conversations with possible buyers…

Apple expressed interest in beleaguered BlackBerry’s IP; board rejected proposals to break up company, sources say

Friday, November 8, 2013 4:46 pmFriday, November 8, 201312 Comments

BlackBerry Ltd’s board does not believe a break-up of the Canadian smartphone maker…

Judgment day for Android: Apple, Microsoft file lawsuit against Google, Samsung

Friday, November 1, 2013 1:46 pm20 Comments

This is what Steve Jobs meant by going thermonuclear against Android…

Apple-led Rockstar consortium sues Google, Samsung, Huawei over Nortel patents

Friday, November 1, 2013 9:58 amFriday, November 1, 201339 Comments

The group that owns thousands of former Nortel patents filed a barrage…

Apple and Google join forces in $500 million-plus bid for Kodak patents

Saturday, December 8, 2012 10:54 amSaturday, December 8, 20128 Comments

Apple Inc. and Google Inc. have joined forces to offer more than $500 million…

Apple acquires 1,024 patents from Rockstar Bidco consortium

Friday, November 16, 2012 10:31 amFriday, November 16, 20126 Comments

Rockstar Bidco is a consortium comprised of Apple, Microsoft, Sony and Research in Motion…

Google looks to sell Motorola’s set-top box business

Thursday, August 30, 2012 4:31 pmThursday, August 30, 201215 Comments

Google Inc. wants to sell the unit within Motorola Mobility that sells…

Rockstar: How Apple and Microsoft armed 4,000 patent warheads

Monday, May 21, 2012 11:02 amMonday, May 21, 201220 Comments

Rockstar has its roots in last year’s high-profile auction of 6,000 Nortel patents…

US Department of Justice approves Nortel patents purchase by Apple-led ‘Rockstar Consortium’

Monday, March 12, 2012 10:54 amMonday, March 12, 20127 Comments

Rockstar Consortium (Rockstar) today announced that the US Department of Justice…

U.S. DOJ clears Apple-Microsoft-RIM deal to buy Nortel patents; closes investigation of Google’s Motorola Mobility buy

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:01 amTuesday, February 14, 20125 Comments

The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today…

Thurrott: Hypocritical Google behaving badly over patents, not Apple and Microsoft

Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:49 pmThursday, August 4, 201126 Comments

Google has simply cast a light on its own dark secrets…

Microsoft: Google turned down chance to join in Novell patent bid

Thursday, August 4, 2011 8:51 amThursday, August 4, 201122 Comments

Google had actively turned down a chance to join the Apple-led collective bid…

Apple, Google, Samsung in hunt to buy InterDigital’s $5 billion patent trove

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 10:38 amWednesday, August 3, 20119 Comments

“Samsung is looking at the patents along with Apple Inc., Google Inc. and others…

InterDigital appreciates 50% as Apple and Google said vying for patent trove; InterDigital sues Nokia, Huawei, ZTE

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 6:37 pmTuesday, July 26, 201116 Comments

Patents are becoming so valuable that Apple Inc. and Google Inc. may have to pay a 50 percent premium…

In wake of Nortel patent auction loss, Google general counsel calls for patent reform

Tuesday, July 26, 2011 1:58 pmTuesday, July 26, 201127 Comments

Google Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker discussed the loss to Apple in the Nortel patent auction…

Apple paying more than half $4.5 billion price tag on Nortel patent trove

Friday, July 22, 2011 11:41 amFriday, July 22, 20119 Comments

Apple is contributing more than half the total $4.5 billion…

U.S. and Canadian courts approve sale of Nortel patent trove to Apple-led ‘Rockstar’ consortium

Monday, July 11, 2011 2:34 pmMonday, July 11, 201116 Comments

Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Research in Motion Ltd and three other leading…

How Apple led the high-stakes Nortel patent win against Google, sealing Ballmer’s promise

Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:12 pmSunday, July 10, 201142 Comments

Google and Android look to be in some very serious trouble…

RUMOR: Apple gets outright ownership of Nortel’s LTE (4G) patents

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 2:03 pmTuesday, July 5, 20116 Comments

Apple put up $2 billion for outright ownership of Nortel’s Long Term Evolution (4G) patents plus…

Leaked bids show how Apple-led ‘Rockstar’ beat Google to Nortel patents

Saturday, July 2, 2011 10:51 am34 Comments

At the auction for Nortel Networks’ wireless patents…

Apple consortium wins $4.5 billion Nortel patent trove auction; Google, Intel lose bidding battle

Friday, July 1, 2011 9:04 amFriday, July 1, 201135 Comments

A group including Apple has paid $4.5 billion for Nortel Networks’ patents, thwarting Google and Intel…

Intel gets antitrust approval to bid on Nortel patents

Friday, June 24, 2011 10:18 am8 Comments

U.S. antitrust regulators have given Intel Corp approval to pursue…

Apple gets U.S. antitrust approval to bid for Nortel patent trove

Thursday, June 23, 2011 12:47 pmThursday, June 23, 20116 Comments

Apple Inc. received approval from U.S. antitrust regulators to bid…

As Apple preps bid on Nortel patents, are they considering buying RIM or AMD or both?

Monday, June 20, 2011 4:44 pmMonday, June 20, 201134 Comments

Could it be feasible that Apple might be considering…

Apple, Intel among bidders for Nortel patent trove

Friday, June 17, 2011 2:32 pmFriday, June 17, 201116 Comments

Apple Inc. is among the technology giants that will vie with Google Inc. to buy a trove of patents…

Nortel delays patent auction one week citing significant interest

Thursday, June 16, 2011 11:31 amThursday, June 16, 201110 Comments

Networks Corporation today announced that for reasons relating to…

RIM looks to outbid Apple, Google, and Nokia for Nortel’s patent treasure trove

Monday, April 18, 2011 9:44 amMonday, April 18, 20119 Comments

RIM, maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, is weighing an offer…

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