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Tag: Rockstar

Apple-led Rockstar Consortium to sell 4,000 patents to RPX Corp. for $900 million

Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:10 pmTuesday, December 23, 20143 Comments

Peace is breaking out…

Apple winding down patent war on Android, deal suggests

Friday, November 21, 2014 8:25 amFriday, November 21, 20149 Comments

Following the news earlier this week that Rockstar had reached a $188 million settlement with Cisco..

Cisco preparing to pay $188M to Apple-led Rockstar Consortium

Thursday, November 20, 2014 2:28 pmThursday, November 20, 20141 Comment

Cisco is preparing to dole out a serious chunk of cash to settle…

Google files lawsuit against Apple-led Rockstar Consortium

Friday, December 27, 2013 2:27 pmFriday, December 27, 201320 Comments

Google has asked the San Jose court to declare that its Nexus group of devices…

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 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…

VentureBeat reviews Grand Theft Auto III: Faithfully executed on iPad 2

Thursday, December 15, 2011 2:01 pmThursday, December 15, 20113 Comments

It’s been 10 years since Rockstar brought its seminal franchise, Grand Theft Auto III…

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…

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…

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