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The article mentions that Google and others (Microsoft) got in on the same financing deal granting them similar licenses. RIM licensed the same portfolio this p
by blutonium 15y ago
The article mentions that Google and others (Microsoft) got in on the same financing deal granting them similar licenses. RIM licensed the same portfolio this past March.
Anyone know why Google/MS/RIM haven't filed to intervene as well?
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List of investors: http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/05/intellectual-ventures-revealing-investors.html http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2011/05/intellectual-venture...
RIM: http://www.intellectualventures.com/newsroom/pressreleases/11-03-30/Research_In_Motion_Enters_License_Agreement_with_Intellectual_Ventures.aspx http://www.intellectualventures.com/newsroom/pressreleases/1...
- shaggyfrog 15y ago>Anyone know why Google/MS/RIM haven't filed to intervene as well? Perhaps because, in terms of dollars spent by users, the iOS market is by far the biggest ongoing concern. I'm sure that, for RIM at least, the cost-benefit analysis is pretty prohibitive.
- r00fus 15y agoI'm guessing they're hoping Apple will bear the burden and pin down Lodsys.