Kodak patents: Apple and Google negotiate alliance
The sale of patents of the insolvent Photo pioneer Kodak could take an unusual twist: According to information from the Wall Street Journal, the otherwise hostile smartphone rival Apple and Google to find a bidder coalition. The objective is therefore: The photo patents to buy at a reasonable price and to ensure that they are not used against the corporations.
The alliance would also electronics companies Samsung, LG and HTC join in as well as companies that specialize in the licensing of patents, wrote the newspaper on Thursday, citing people inaugurated. However, the negotiations are still in flux and the output are unclear. In addition, such cooperation could attract the attention of competition watchdogs warned the Wall Street Journal.
Kodak needs the money from the sale of the 1100 patent for the planned new beginning as a printing specialist. Earlier this year the group photo was the value of the package are estimated at up to 2.6 billion dollars (2.1 billion euros). According to previous information, the previous bids but rather indicate a price point of just over $ 500 million. Kodak had postponed the deadline for the end of the auction already indefinitely backwards.
The hope was actually based on a bidding war between the camps of Apple and Google. The two companies are facing each other in the patent war in the mobile industry. Last year they had driven up the price at the auction of patents of bankrupt Nortel network equipment manufacturer up to $ 4.5 billion. In the end, Apple and Microsoft won.
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