The U.s. department of justice, Google has given permission to make an offer on the patentenportfolio of the bankrupt company Nortel. With Apple and Research in Motion, which is also on the patents would be aces, is still spoken.
That reports The Wall Street Journal. According to the business newspaper, competition authorities have to Google after a survey given permission to make a bid of $ 900 million to spend on approximately six thousand patents of the bankrupt declared Canadian telecommunications company Nortel. Google, the market would not disturb the Nortel patents, which relate to mobile-our in hands would get.
AT&T, Microsoft and Verizon had asked for the investigation of the position of Google, while Nokia and HP concerns. According to these companies would be the new owner of the patents essential to mobile technology in the hands, that the competition on the mobile telephony market could suffocate.
In addition to Google would also Apple and Research in Motion patents from Nortel in the hands want to get. The two companies would have about it are still in talks with the Us competition authorities. The U.s. department of justice has previously hinted that it may be objections to see if Apple’s patents in the hands.
The auction of the Nortel patents, including patents that relate to lte technology, will be on June 20 start. Google gets the right to an opening bid that is expected to be 900 million dollars.