01.11.2013 23:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple-backed consortium sues Google, Samsung and others over Nortel patents

In late June of 2011, Apple was part of a consortium of tech companies that banded together to purchase more than 6,000 Nortel patents. The winning bid checked in at US$4.5 billion and came from a group that included Apple, EMC, Ericcson, Microsoft, RIM and Sony. Together, Apple and co. were referred to as the "Rockstar Consortium." One notable company that was also gunning for Nortel's patents was Google, a company with a notoriously flimsy patent portfolio relative to many of its competitors. Google reportedly dropped out of the bidding war once the price hit the $4.4 billion threshold. Interestingly enough, Google was reportedly asked to join what would ultimately be the winning c

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