In the current tight economy for everyone, including many companies, a new way to generate much-needed capital (money) for some companies is to sell some of their PATENTS to other companies.
An example is the very recent sale by NOKIA Corporation to MOSAID Technologies, Inc. of over 2,000 corporate patents.
Another example is GOOGLE Inc.'s expressed interest recently in acquiring MOTOROLA Mobility Holdings, Inc. for $12.5 billion. GOOGLE mainly wants MOTOROLA'S PATENTS.
Further, MICROSOFT Corporation and RESEARCH IN MOTION Ltd. have combined resources to pay NORTEL NETWORK Corporation $4.5 billion for its wireless PATENTS.
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