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BlackBerry's patent portfolio is a treasure trove

Potential buyers like Samsung will be lured by the patents on security, which would help it expand into lucrative government contracts and corporate customers

Published Thu, Jan 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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BLACKBERRY Ltd's patent portfolio holds two key allures for any acquirer: security and basic wireless technologies.

Those are among the prime pieces of intellectual property held by the Waterloo, Ontario-based mobile-technology company. Reuters on Thursday said BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics held deal discussions spurred by a desire to obtain the Canadian company's patents, a report that both companies later denied.

Still, the report puts Bl…

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