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The New Nortel – Patent King?

For those of you wondering what the future may hold for Nortel, one scenario that keeps on gaining more credence is Nortel could continue to exist in some shape or form as a patent entity. With more than 3,000 patents within its portfolio, including 100 much-coveted LTE patents, Nortel could emerge from bankruptcy protection as a [...]
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Nortel Provides Bankruptcy Update

It’s been a long time since Nortel talked about the bankruptcy protection process, which started more than a year ago before moving into the “let’s sell everything but the kitchen sink” mode last June. Today, Nortel issued a press release that talks about well it has done in managing the bankruptcy process and the asset sales, [...]
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Nortel Provides Bankruptcy Update

It’s been a long time since Nortel talked about the bankruptcy protection process, which started more than a year ago before moving into the “let’s sell everything but the kitchen sink” mode last June. Today, Nortel issued a press release that talks about well it has done in managing the bankruptcy process and the asset sales, [...]
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The End is Near

Now that the Canadian government has rubber-stamped Ciena’s $769-million purchase of Nortel’s Ethernet and optical business, and the carrier VoIP unit is now in play, it doesn’t leave much left on the lawn for the Nortel Garage Sale. According to a Nortel spokeman (via GigaOm), the remaining assets include the joint venture with LG (Nortel-LG) and [...]
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Nortel’s Patent Analysis Deal with Global IP

With 3,500 patents still in its possession, Nortel has hired an intellectual property consulting company, Global IP, to do an analysis and valuation of its portfolio. In a court filing, Nortel said it hired Global IP after submitting requests for proposals to nine consulting firm based on the belief it requires “the services of a capable [...]
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An Update on Nortel’s Patent Portfolio

Ernst & Young has issued the 25th Monitor’s Report. Of particular interest is the discussion about Nortel’s patents, which could be worth several billion dollars. After completing a review of its patents to determine what patents should be assigned to the buyers of its business units, Nortel determined there are about 3,400 residual patents that haven’t [...]
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