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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
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Jan 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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Washington
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.
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