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BlackBerry’s Patent Portfolio Is Wireless Trove for Acquirer
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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 today said BlackBerry and Samsung Electronics Co. held deal discussions spurred by a desire to obtain the Canadian company’s patents, a report that both companies later denied.