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Group led by Apple and Microsoft sells patents for $900M
2014-12-23 23:32:10| Telecom - Topix.net
Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony formed the Rockstar Consortium to buy the patents for $4.5 billion, outbidding Google Inc. for the rights to technology used in many mobile devices. SAN FRANCISCO >> A group led by Apple and Microsoft has sold about 4,000 technology patents to patent management company RPX Corp. for $900 million.
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