February 13, 2012 — Along with green-lighting Google’s buy of Motorola, the Justice Department today OKs an Apple-Microsoft-RIM partnership deal to buy Nortel patents, and Apple’s plan to acquire Novell patents.
February 13, 2012 — Along with green-lighting Google’s buy of Motorola, the Justice Department today OKs an Apple-Microsoft-RIM partnership deal to buy Nortel patents, and Apple’s plan to acquire Novell patents.

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