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Orbi Outdoor Satellite adds Wi-Fi coverage to your back yard

I'm a big fan of the Netgear Orbi line of mesh access points and now there's more to love. Netgear is now shipping the RBS50Y, a new satellite that is weatherproof and allows you to add coverage to yo

BlackBerry files suit against Nokia in a battle of once mighty smartphone brands

BlackBerry suing Nokia is 2017 is a bit like the secret Rocky/Apollo Creed fight in Rocky III revealed in 2015’s Creed – two once mighty champions doing battle one more time, with a heck of l

As Waiting Period Expires, Rockstar Consortium Is Ready To Roll With Patent Licensing

After forming a strange alliance to score control of Nortel Networks' patents, Apple, Microsoft, RIM, Sony, and Ericsson can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Now that a Department of Justice waiting

Google Rips Into Microsoft, Apple, Oracle For “Bogus Patents” And Trying To “Strangle” Android

In the past, I've been critical of Google <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/01/google-nortel-patents/">for trying to dance around directly calling out their competitors</a> who are actively atte

Google On The Nortel Loss, Patents As Government-Granted Monopolies, And Plates Of Spaghetti

Back in early April, Kent Walker, Google's Senior Vice President & General Counsel, wrote a post on the Google blog titled "<a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/patents-and-innovation.

After Nortel Loss, Google Looks To InterDigital To Strengthen Patent Portfolio

<a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/google">Google</a> is in some trouble. Eric Schmidt swears he hasn’t a care in the world, but the truth of the matter is <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/apple

Microsoft’s Android Plan: Evil Genius Or Just Evil?

Buried in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/09/vesper/">all the intrigue surrounding the Nortel patent auction</a> was an interesting tidbit: Microsoft did not have to bid on the patents, but th

Google's "Pi" In The Face

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-320255" title="p" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/p.png" alt="" />As we're all well aware by now, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/

Google Responds To Nortel Patent Loss: "The Outcome Is Disappointing"

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-319999" title="Screen shot 2011-07-01 at 12.04.20 PM" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/screen-shot-2011-07-01-at-12-04-20-pm.png" alt=""

Who Won The 6,000+ Nortel Patents? Apple, RIM, Microsoft — Everyone But Google

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-319865" title="patents_art_257_20080430080855" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/patents_art_257_20080430080855.jpeg" alt="" />When Googl

Microsoft Fighting To Ensure Google Does Not Gain Patent Leverage, Deterrence

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-313527" title="a" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/a5.jpg" alt="" />A week and a half ago, a report said that while the U.S. Department

Forget Google, DoJ Fears Apple Gaining Nortel's "Stockpile Of Nuclear Weapons" — Here's Why

<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-310046" title="aa" src="https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/aa.jpg" alt="" />Two months ago, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/04/04/google-m

Nortel updates WiMax competitor to handle 60 mph speeds

Note the BS The biggest issue with 4G networks is handover. When you’re speeding down the highway, your cellphone and wireless devices constantly hop from station to station, picking up connecti

Nortel tests LTE 4G wireless at 60 mph

Note the BS The biggest issue with 4G networks is handover. When you’re speeding down the highway, your cellphone and wireless devices constantly hop from station to station, picking up connecti