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Roundtable-Intellectual Property

Oct. 1, 2011

Intellectual Property

When search-engine giant Google purchased smartphone-maker Motorola Mobility, and its patent portfolio for $12.5 billion this summer, it made for a high-profile example of patent acquisition - a booming and controversial business. Companies and brokers that specialize in selling and purchasing large numbers of patents that pertain to a particular technology are changing the intellectual property legal strategies for many companies.

Meanwhile, the allure of the East...

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