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From: axial9/16/2011 11:52:09 PM
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BlackBerry maker's missteps stir talk of its sale

' Perhaps the company's most attractive assets are more than 2,000 patents it has filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. On top of that, RIM was a part of a consortium that nabbed a portfolio of patents from bankrupt Nortel Networks.

The sale of Motorola Mobility to Google for a rich 63 percent premium underscores how tech companies have become ever more determined to control patents to ward off expensive infringement litigation. '

reuters.com 

Jim
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