News: Ericsson hands over 2,000 patents to licensing company suing Apple, Google and RIM

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Ericsson hands over 2,000 patents to licensing company suing Apple, Google and RIM (ZDNet)

Unwired Planet LLC的新聞稿
Unwired Planet LLC的證交所文件

Ericsson賣了2000多個關於2G、3G與LTE技術的專利，給Unwired Planet，一家去年告了Google、Apple跟RIM的NASDAQ上市Patent Troll。

這其實沒什麼。真正有趣的是，Ericsson自2014年起，每年都會移轉一百多個專利給Unwired Planet，直到2018年為止。此外，Ericsson還可以分錢：

(i) 20% of the amount of Cumulative Gross Revenue, until the Cumulative Gross Revenue equals $100 million; plus

(ii) 50% of the amount of Cumulative Gross Revenue in excess of $100 million, until the Cumulative Gross Revenue equals $500 million; plus

(iii) 70% of the amount of Cumulative Gross Revenue in excess of $500 million. 

更詳細的內容可以在Unwired Planet LLC的證交所文件裡找到。看起來這家patent troll成了Ericsson的專利資產管理 + 收錢公司了。