http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-is-the-carcass-of-palm-worth-2011-8
" right now!
Apple led a consortium to buy Nortel's patents for $4.5 billion. Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola, largely based on the strength of its patent portfolio. Interdigital's market cap has spiked on rumors that its selling itself for its patents. Kodak's stock is spiking now that it wants to sell its patents.
The big question is how good are Palm's patents?
It was in the smartphone game from day one, so we would assume it has a pretty strong portfolio. It's the only smartphone company Apple hasn't sued, which suggests to us it's a pretty strong portfolio. Alternatively, Apple might not care about Palm, so it didn't bother.
But, when Palm was up for sale a year and a half ago, it ultimately ended up selling for just $1.2 billion to HP. At the time, Apple was interested in buying it for its IP, probably offering $600 million.
With the little patent valuation bubble going on right now, you'd have to think it would be willing to pay a little more."
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