Despite last month's $4.5 billion sale of Nortel's patent portfolio wrapping up this week,
Panasonic AG DVX100B, government scrutiny over what its buyers intend to do with the patents continues,
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Standard Zoom Lens, a new report says.
Earlier today,
Sony HDR-SR7, blog SEO by the Sea noted that Google purchased some 1,
Panasonic AG HPX170,030 patents from IBM this month,
Dell Latitude E6400 XFR, following its unsuccessful attempt at acquiring the Nortel portfolio. The search giant is also rumored to be eyeing InterDigital's intellectual-property portfolio.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of Justice is "intensifying" an investigation of the portfolio buyers to see whether they plan on launching litigation against competitors,
Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, specifically ones using Google's
Android.
The Journal says that as part of the probe--which has not been made public--the Justice Department is interviewing the winning companies to see if they plan on filing suits against other handset makers using Google's Android operating system software. The department could end up placing rules and conditions on the sale based on what it hears.
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The frenzy over Nortel's patent portfolio originally began with a large $900 million "stalking-horse bid" from Google,
Panasonic AG HVX200A, in what it said was a purchase to give it protection against litigation--something now expected to be focused on its Android platform as the OS continues to gain in market share.
That deal got approval from courts in both the U.S. and Canada (where Nortel is headquartered) on July 11,
Sony HXR-NX5U, and closed in earnest today.
That consortium of technology companies,
Dell Alienware M17x, comprising Apple,
Canon Vixia HF11, EMC,
Sony Z134GX/B, Ericsson,
ASUS G73, Microsoft,
Panasonic AG-HMC40, Research In Motion,
Canon Vixia HF G10, and Sony,
Sony HVR-S270U, beat out Google, Intel,
Canon Normal EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Autofocus Lens, and others for ownership of the portfolio containing some 6,000 patents and patent applications for wireless, wireless 4G, data networking,
JVC GY HM700U, optical,
Canon XF305, voice,
Sony HDR-CX700V, Internet, and semiconductor technologies late last month.
The sale was originally slated to occur in mid-June but was delayed owing to what Nortel said was a "significant level of interest." That interest ramped up,
HP EliteBook 2740p XT936UT, with multiple rounds of bidding (there's a detailed court PDF of that here),
toshiba TOS S3440, and several last-minute partnerships, including the one between Intel and Google that eventually ended up losing to the consortium known as "Rockstar Bidco."
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