Apple and Google Teaming Up on $500 Million Bid for Kodak Patents

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By Eric SlivkaDec 7, 2012, 11:34 pm765 ptsInteresting
Bloomberg reports that Apple and Google have joined forces to put forward a bid of more than $500 million to purchase the patent portfolio of bankrupt imaging pioneer Eastman Kodak. The two companies, competing for dominance of the smartphone market, have partnered after leading two separate consortia this…

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