From 2 previous posts I made about patent stockpiling.
AOL'S Patent Sale
I see AOL shed itself of 800 patents to Microsoft for 1billion.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/aol-sell-800-patents-microsoft-123701331.html
Of course AOL is up in trading on that news.
And
Another patent mega sale
Facebook buys from AOL
"The deal, shortly before Facebook is expected to have the largest initial public offering in Silicon Valley history, will give the social network 650 patents and patent applications, as well as a license to another 275 patents and applications owned by Microsoft."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-sell-aol-patents-facebook-161828702.html?l=1
my point of these posts was patents were yeilding about $1 million each when sold in bulk.
I could see TPL washing their hands of it for a few million.
JMO
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