Tom Krazit
Aug 3, 2011 11:54 AM
Three makes it a party: Samsung is also considering a bid for Interdigital, the mobile patent-holding company that is being courted by Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) for the thousands of patents held by the company. The mobile patent arms race may be only beginning.
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Tom Krazit
Jul 26, 2011 2:24 PM
Interdigital is out to prove it’s a serious threat in the mobile patent battles that have consumed this industry. A week after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) were said to be considering a bid for the company, Interdigital made the now-familiar walk down to the International Trade Commission…
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Tom Krazit
Jul 20, 2011 11:48 AM
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) knows it has a mobile patent problem, and addressing that concern could be one of the most important things it does over the rest of 2011. A report that it is considering a bid for InterDigital, a wireless chip design company with thousands of mobile patents, highlights…
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Matt Kapko
Oct 7, 2008 1:43 PM
Kineto Wireless has raised $15.5 million in funding to continue working on its unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology and a new technology for femtocells. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company brought on investments from Motorola (NYSE: MOT) along with existing investors Oak Investment Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Venrock, Seapoint Ventures and InterDigital.…
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Carlo Longino
Dec 21, 2007 1:19 PM
A British court has ruled that three of four InterDigital patents are not essential to the UMTS 3G standard, in a case brought by Nokia. InterDigital has previously filed claims with the US International Trade Commission, alleging Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is engaging in unfair trade practices related to the licensing…
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