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Author Topic: AOL selling collection of patents to MS for $1 billion [Locked]
jarom_td  1 star
Posts: 122
Registered: 2000-8-8 12:45:59
AOL lives on!

AOL is selling a collection of over 800 patents and related applications to Microsoft for $1.056 billion
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/04/09/aols-microsoft-deal-revives-speculative-patent-frenzy/


Lets see if these boards are dead yet?

 

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IvanDF  1 star
Title: Veni, vidi, vici
Posts: 190
Registered: 2004-11-28 11:24:08
thats a lot of money for what I think would be out dated patents. Who knows maybe there are some good ones in there.

 

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Lonestar_1  2 stars
Posts: 259
Registered: 2004-8-26 08:40:28
Just has to be vaguely worded patents that might relate to something many years later. Then its a win... .

God I hope this all gets fixed at some point. It really is out of hand.

 

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