maria luz calibo
Jul 8, 2011
Nortel's $4.5bn patent sale headed for court approval
Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and their bidding allies are due in court next week to close on a $4.5 billion win in the auction of Nortel Networks Corp.'s portfolio of technology patents. Judges in the U.S. and Canada must sign off on the deal, the largest-ever sale of intellectual property and a transaction that will reverberate through courts around the world as the...