SAN FRANCISCO,
Air Jordans 3, June 15 morning, according to informed sources, the U.S. Justice Department has approved the Google $ 900 million acquisition of the Canadian telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks more than 6,000 patents. Auction will be held June 20, U.S. time at.
said that the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust investigation through identification, Google's acquisition of these patents will not substantially lessen competition. Google will help the government approved the successful bid amount of assets in order to avoid patent litigation initiated by competitors. Another source said Microsoft, Apple, ZTE, Nokia and other technology giants will also participate in the bidding.
Allegedly, Apple and RIM have to negotiate with the Justice Department, trying to pave the way for his bid.
Google, Apple, RIM and the Justice Department declined comment.
Monday, including Microsoft, AT & T and Verizon Telecom,
Current Commentary struggling Americans Finally , China and, including a number of technology companies filed a lawsuit against Google's acquisition of Nortel's patents, claiming the deal would undermine the development of a series of key technologies, and make Google an unfair competitive advantage. HP and Nokia have also protested.
Nortel declared bankruptcy in January 2009, then began to sell assets in batches. The sale of thousands of patents is an important asset to the company's final, covering all high-tech fields, such as Wi-Fi,
AT & T Mobile CEO T-Mobile does not affect the acquisition o, social networking and LTE 4G technology. Industry experts believe that these patents can be regarded as an
Google said, The need for the acquisition of these patents, because they have become the main objective of patent litigation. One reason is that with a long history of more than competitors, Google has a patent less, can not frighten opponents launched a counterclaim. Google General Counsel Kent Walker (Kent Walker) in April this year, said:
patent consulting firm General Patent CEO Alexander Poltorak (Alexander Poltorak) that bid winners
In addition,
Jordan JAQ, some hedge funds and investors may bid. They hope to use these assets, funded from the technology companies who get royalties.
Apple had previously for the system interface using the Google Android mobile phone manufacturers launch more than patent litigation, the defendants,
Air Jordan 13, including HTC and Samsung. The company often as defendants. On Tuesday, Nokia announced that Apple has agreed to pay compensation, settlement of patent disputes between the two companies. (Yan Fei)
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