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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
To Lenovo for $4billion $9billion loss. They can afford it but... ouch. They get to keep most of the patents, but still, they don't seem to have proved that useful so far... |
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| Author: | big_D [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
Less the 3 bn so they got for the set top business, less the couple of billion in tax write offs, plus the huge patent Portfolio - Lenovo only get 2000 patents, the rest stay with Google, which was the main point of the purchase in the first place. Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 5:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
Yes the rest of the business was probably written down to book value for Google already and so it might still be worth while for Google, especially if they can get Lenovo to make Android phones as part of the deal. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
Lenovo are already the 5th largest smartphone maker. Gesendet von meinem GT-I9300 mit Tapatalk |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:30 pm ] | |||||||||
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Given every time they've been tested in court the patents have been ruled against, I'm not sure they're actually worth near enough to make the overall deal break even. |
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| Author: | big_D [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
If they get Motorola Mobility, then it will bump Lenovo from number 5 smartphone producer to number 3, behind Samsung and Apple, leapfrogging Chinese rival Huawei. |
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| Author: | bobbdobbs [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 9:13 am ] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Or the other patents are considered to be too strong to warrant risking infringement? You only risk infringement if you think you have a reasonable chance of getting it invalidated. |
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| Author: | jonbwfc [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:57 am ] | |||||||||
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Fair point. It would make the value of them very hard to quantify though, since its unlikely any of the major players would publicise when they didn't do something for fear of infringing someone else's patent. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Google Sells Motorola Mobile |
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