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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by junto on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @06:01PM (#11170953)
Nokia was a patent bundle firesale.
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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by tellarin on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @10:56PM (#11172279)
Interesting, as no Nokia patents were bought by Microsoft.

MS licensed their patents, but the current profitable Nokia kept them and has a unit dedicated to research and IP.

One can argue that the licensing was cheap, but cross-licensing agreements between companies is very common.

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