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<title>Ex-Nortel execs acquitted of fraud</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/14/dunn.beatty.gollogly.not.guilty.of.financial.misstatements/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358196263_ScreenShot2013-01-14at1.44.01PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Canadian court today acquitted three former executives from Nortel Networks on charges they had misstated Nortel's financial results from 2000 to 2004. Frank Dunn, Douglas Beatty, and Michael Gollogly -- Nortel's former chief executive, chief financial officer, and corporate controller -- were accused of misstating the company's earnings over the four year period and benefiting to the tune of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple taking control of some former Nortel patents</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/16/taken.out.of.pool.of.4000.pus.patents.won.by.rockstar.coalition/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1353047858_Apple-Rockstar-Nortel-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple, which led a coalition of tech companies including Microsoft, Sony, Ericsson and RIM to outbid Google in order to win thousands of former Nortel tech patents, has been revealed to have transferred more than 1,000 of the patents over to its own exclusive control, AppleInsider reports. A report from a Korean property-rights regulator revealed the transactions, which has transferred a total of ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 05:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>DOJ clears Google buyout of Motorola, Nortel/Novell deals</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1202/motorola-android3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice in a brief said it had approved both Google's acquisition of Motorola, the joint purchase of Nortel patents by Apple, Microsoft, RIM, and others, as well as a similar Novell patent sale.  Antitrust regulators in both cases had decided it was "unlikely" that the deals would hurt competition.  It was partly reassured by Apple, Google, and Microsoft all promising to licen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google gets 217 IBM phone, browser patents in defense</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/samsunggalaxynexus-googleapps.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has quietly escalated its attempts to mount a defense for Android by getting more IBM patents.  An acquisition recorded December 30 gave Google 217 more active and pending patents primarily focused on cellphones, mobile web browsers, and voice search.  Among the examples are a patent for a "computer phone," another for a method of resizing websites for mobile, and a third for voice-based ke...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kodak says many interested in buying cameraphone patents</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/30/kodak.hints.likely.to.sell.patents.off/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/kodakeasysharemax-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Kodak on Tuesday mentioned that it was seeing very strong interest after raising the possible selloff of its patents.  The "phone started to ring" almost immediately afterwards and had led to a significant number already having signed non-disclosure agreements for secret negotiations.  While CEO Antonio Perez wouldn't name customers, he told Bloomberg that Kodak wanted a deal with cash up front as...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kodak ready to sell patents, may court Apple or Google</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/17/kodak.considers.selling.patents.to.stay.alive/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1107/kodakeasysharemax-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Insiders disclosed late Wednesday that Kodak had started the process of courting companies to sell its camera-related patents.  Bankers at Lazard have been shopping the 1,100-strong patent collection around to see if companies are interested.  Buyers weren't mentioned by name, but one identified by the WSJ is a "large, strategic buyer in the wireless industry" that would snap up the patents for "d...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google finally defends developers against Lodsys lawsuit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/13/google.asks.uspto.to.invalidate.lodsys.patents/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/android-kyocera.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has at last taken steps to try and protect Android developers from the wide-ranging Lodsys lawsuit, the company's general counsel Kent Walker stated Saturday.  The company has asked the USPTO to reexamine the validity of two patents for in-app purchases that "should never have been issued," according to Walker.  The approach described to Wired would either narrow the scope of the complaints...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google accuses Microsoft of lying on patent bid dispute</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/motorola-android2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond updated his criticism of the Nortel and Novell patent bid to rebuff Microsoft's claims that it had thrown out a chance at patents by turning down an invitation to the Novell bid.  He accused Microsoft of diversionary tactics and said that the offer to join on Novell was an effective trap.  If Google had joined the group, it couldn't use those patents to de...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft: Google turned down a chance at Novell patent bid</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/03/microsoft.says.google.could.have.joined.patent.bid/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1108/microsoft-bradsmith.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[(Update: evidence) Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claimed on Wednesday night that Google had actively turned down a chance to join the Novell wireless patent bid.  Responding to a very critical Google open letter accusing Apple and Microsoft of trying to stifle innovation through the bidding and their patent lawsuits, Smith said Google had been offered a chance to bid as a partner.  The Andr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google letter criticizes Apple, Microsoft patent hunts</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/03/claims.hostile.campaign.against.android/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1107/android-htckeychain2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google senior VP and chief legal officer David Drummond has published an open letter criticizing the rush on patents in the mobile industry. "Android is on fire," he writes. "More than 550,000 Android devices are activated every day, through a network of 39 manufacturers and 231 carriers. Android and other platforms are competing hard against each other, and thatís yielding cool new devices and am...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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