On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Dan Carpenter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 04:33:26PM +0300, Kyle Spencer wrote: >> Motorola invented the cellphone. >> >> While I'm not sure what Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio looks like, >> Google may have just purchased the intellectual property rights to some >> rather ubiquitous technology.
and not just in mobile devices either, they own the US market for set top boxen. GoogleTV needs a push, and this might be that! http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/supercharging-android-google-to-acquire.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FMKuf+%28Official+Google+Blog%29 "Motorola is also a market leader in the home devices and video solutions business." -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > > This deal is probably worth is. Motorolla has 17000 patents and 7500 > pending. > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903392904576509953821437960.html > Plus they are still in business and they make Android phones. > > The Nortel deal was for 4.5 billion and they had 6000 patents and > patent applications. > > regards, > dan carpenter > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
