Patent stripping is a form of asset stripping – but less destructive. It seems to be what Google has done with Motorola. It bought Motorola for $12.5 billion in 2011, and announced an agreement yesterday to sell it to Lenovo for $2.91 billion – minus the patents.


https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-sells-motorola-to-lenovo/
Patent stripping is a form of asset stripping – but less destructive. It seems to be what Google has done with Motorola. It bought Motorola for $12.5 billion in 2011, and announced an agreement yesterday to sell it to Lenovo for $2.91 billion – minus the patents.
Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:26:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/google-sells-motorola-to-lenovo/

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