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Intellectual Property

Nov. 5, 2013

Apple, Microsoft going after Google, other smartphone rivals in court

Two years after stockpiling patents formerly held by Nortel Networks Corp., a partnership of some of the world's largest electronics companies has started a patent litigation campaign against global rivals.


By Kevin Lee


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two years after stockpiling patents formerly held by Nortel Networks Corp., a partnership of some of the world's largest electronics companies has started a patent litigation campaign against its members' global rivals.


Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and four other consumer electronic manufacturers teamed in 2011 to outbid Google Inc. and pay $4.5 billion for thousands of Nortel patents. The so-call...

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