AOL has agreed to sell over 800 of its patents and associated patent applications to Microsoft, with Microsoft also being given permission to use the patents AOL is keeping.
The total deal is worth $1.056 billion (£664 million).
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It’s reported that Microsoft’s patent dispute with Motorola Mobility has resulted in Microsoft moving its European logistics operations from Germany to the Netherlands.
Microsoft is currently being sued by Motorola Mobility over video-related patents, with a decision due on 17th April.
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Apple has won a patent-related court case against Motorola Mobility in Germany.
The ruling, which could be enforced as an injunction if Apple pays a bond to the court, stated that a number of Motorola Mobility smartphones infringed the ‘slide-to-unlock’ touchscreen patent owned by Apple.
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We start this week's podcast with a conversation about Facebook before moving on to the legal battle between Motorola and Apple, some interesting quarterly results, Google's Android watchdog, jobs, ads... and much more.
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Ericsson and ZTE have resolved patent licensing issues that had seen both parties taking legal action against each other.
In April 2011, Ericsson filed lawsuits in Germany, UK and Italy against ZTE for infringing on some of its GSM and 3G/UMTS technology patents. ZTE responded with its own patent claim.
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