AOL closes billion-dollar deal with Microsoft, selling most of its patents
Author: Christen Arquette
A $ 1.056 billion agreement that transfers about three-quarters of AOL’s patent portfolio to Microsoft has been completed, the companies announced today. Over 800 of AOL’s 1,100 patents now belong to Microsoft, and Microsoft has a non-exclusive license to the remainder. AOL will also retain a license to what it’s sold. Microsoft will be using its new intellectual property in a deal with Facebook, building on a number of social networking inventions from AOL’s earlier days as a web platform. Other patents cover advertising, search, mapping, media streaming, and security.
AOL, meanwhile, has hinted subtly that it wants to increase its value to shareholders. “The closing of this transaction represents another major step for AOL in…
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