Facebook buys AOL patents from Microsoft
April 24th, 2012 - 5:37 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, April 24 (IANS) Facebook will buy a portion of AOL patents from Microsoft for $550 million, it was announced Monday. The software giant had bought the patents ... Read more...
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Ideal Cures gets US patent for pharma coating technology (With Images)
March 27th, 2012 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Ideal Cures, a company specialising in film coating compositions on tablets, pellets and granules for the pharma, health and dietary supplement industry, has secured a US ... Read more...
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Microsoft reaches patent deal with LG
January 13th, 2012 - 6:14 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Jan 13 (IANS) Microsoft Thursday announced a patent licensing agreement with LG Electronics covering tablets, smartphones and other consumer devices running Google's Android or Chrome operating system.Microsoft said ... Read more...
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DRDO wins Thomson Reuters innovation award
November 17th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) India's premier military weapons developer, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was Thursday awarded the Thomson Reuters India Innovation Award for 2011 in recognition ... Read more...
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Sony to acquire Ericsson’s stake in joint venture for $1.47 bn
October 27th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 27 (IANS) Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson Thursday said Sony Corp would acquire its stake in their joint venture -- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications -- for Euro ... Read more...
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Apple-led group buys Nortel patents for $4.5 bn
July 2nd, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 2 (IANS) A consortium of Apple, BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM), Microsoft, Ericsson, Sony and EMC has bought 6,000 patents of the defunct Nortel for a whopping ... Read more...
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Apple, Intel join Google in bidding for Nortel patents
June 28th, 2011 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 28 (IANS) Auction for thousands of wireless technology patents belonging to failed telecom giant Nortel began Monday.
The bidding process for 6,000 patents and patent application began in ... Read more...
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Google gets approval for $900-million bid for Nortel patents
May 3rd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 3 (IANS) Google Monday got the approval for its $900-million bid to buy about 6,000 patents and patent applications from failed Canadian telecom giant Nortel.Estimated to be worth ... Read more...
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BlackBerry to bid for Nortel patents to stop Google
April 19th, 2011 - 9:50 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 19 (IANS) Though Research In Motion (RIM) here has not confirmed it, reports say the BlackBerry maker is planning to bid for thousands of wireless technology patents belonging ... Read more...
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Google offers to buy Nortel patents for $900 million
April 5th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 5 (IANS) Fallen telecom giant Nortel said Monday that Google is bidding $900 million to buy its patent portfolio.Toronto-based Nortel, which has been in business since 1882, filed ... Read more...
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