Google may not receive 6000 patents owned by Canadian firm Nortel, which now is considered insolvent and selling off its assets. Software Microsoft opposed the transfer of copyright troubled companies, fearing that Google may terminate existing Nortel with other companies.
According to Microsoft, in 2006, she received “a worldwide, perpetual and royalty-free license to all Nortel patents” and now wants to achieve full compliance with those agreements from Google or another potential Nortel patent owner. A similar claim was made by the representatives of Hewlett-Packard, Nokia and Motorola, says CNET.
Google has officially announced its intention to acquire a huge patent portfolio, Nortel, once the biggest producer of telecommunications equipment, in early April 2011. The Internet giant was ready to pay for assets of bankrupt Canada 900 million dollars. The situation will become clearer in June, when the auction.