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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by anjc on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @09:38AM (#11769637)
As far as I'm aware they were giving exclusive licensing rights to their IP to Microsoft in perpetuity. But yeah, it doesn't seem cheap...
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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by Maakuth on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @10:27AM (#11769976)
That is not correct. All the phone vendors need licenses to some Nokia IP as they own much of the core patents needed for GSM/UMTS/LTE radio implementations. They've licensed them to Microsoft among others. I guess MS got all the Nokia phone software copyrights to themselves, but I don't think Symbian and S40 source are worth very much at the moment.
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Re:Microsoft is cutting 1,000 jobs in Finland as it stops ph... by Nokinside on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:01AM (#11770258)
>I guess MS got all the Nokia phone software copyrights to themselves

This is incorrect. MS only bought non-exclusive, 10-year license for Nokia’s patent portfolio. Nokia has all the IP.

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