{"id":719740,"date":"2010-04-19T14:32:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"15775 at http:\/\/www.precentral.net"},"modified":"2010-04-19T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:32:13","slug":"how-valuable-are-palms-patents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/719740","title":{"rendered":"How valuable are Palm&#8217;s patents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"lightbox2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.precentral.net\/sites\/precentral.net\/files\/articleimages\/Derek%20Kessler\/2010\/03\/thumb_450_palm-smartphone-patent-1.jpg?w=780\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Through all of the recent talk and rumor surrounding what might come next for Palm, one constant theme has been the value of the company&rsquo;s intellectual property, holdings that are by themselves worth between $8 to $9 per share <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precentral.net\/palm-tout-patent-portfolio-next-month\">according to MDB Capital Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There has been talk that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.precentral.net\/market-undervaluing-palm%E2%80%99s-massive-patent-holdings\">perhaps the market has been undervaluing Palm&rsquo;s massive patent holdings<\/a>, but if the company&rsquo;s IP portfolio is as potent as some of these analysts think is, a recent article posted on <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/news\/2010\/04\/palm-may-be-for-sale-but-are-its-patents-really-valuable.ars?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss\">ars technica<\/a> poses an interesting question:&nbsp;why hasn&rsquo;t Palm done everything in its power to leverage that IP though lawsuits and licensing agreements to keep cash flowing into its coffers?&nbsp;The answer could, of course, be a simple matter of business practice, in which case Palm has been carelessly leaving money sitting on the table for quite a while now.&nbsp; The answer could also be that the company&#8217;s massive war chest of patents has less relevance than we&#8217;d like to think.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\"><em>Thanks to govotsos for the tip! <\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=uZxy8cddwc0:g1aIG698-ik:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=uZxy8cddwc0:g1aIG698-ik:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=uZxy8cddwc0:g1aIG698-ik:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?i=uZxy8cddwc0:g1aIG698-ik:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?a=uZxy8cddwc0:g1aIG698-ik:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Precentralnet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Precentralnet\/~4\/uZxy8cddwc0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Through all of the recent talk and rumor surrounding what might come next for Palm, one constant theme has been the value of the company&rsquo;s intellectual property, holdings that are by themselves worth between $8 to $9 per share according to MDB Capital Group. 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