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Intellectual Property

Nov. 27, 2014

Apple-backed licensing company, Google close to patent settlement

Rockstar Consortium Inc. and technology giant Google Inc. are on the verge of reaching a settlement of their patent lawsuit, according to court documents.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Rockstar Consortium Inc. and technology giant Google Inc. are on the verge of reaching a settlement of their patent lawsuit, according to court documents.


The Canada-based licensing company was created through a partnership of technology companies led by Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp., which outbid Google in 2011 and paid $4.5 billion for the rights to thousands of patents held by Nortel Networks Corp. ...

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