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MySpace and MTV try novel ad deal

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The basic idea is profit from piracy. Users of online social networks, such as MySpace, like to jazz up their profiles with the latest songs and videos, often with illegally downloaded music and video clips from places such as MTV. Rather than fight about it, MySpace and Viacom Inc.'s...  Continue reading
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Cash-rich Bristol-Myers wants to buy, not sell

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said its net earnings for the third quarter increased to about $2.6 billion from $858 million in the previous year's period. The New York-based pharma giant now has about $7.2 billion cash on hand, too. In a conference call, chairman and CEO James Cornelius said "we have a long list of companies, compounds, technologies we'd like to acquire over the next couple...  Continue reading
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AMD splits, gets billions from Middle Eastern investors

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Debt-ridden Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the second-largest global supplier of microprocessors, is spinning off its manufacturing business into a joint venture with Middle Eastern investors so it can focus on the business of designing microprocessors. The new manufacturing entity, the Foundry Co., will include a soon-to-be-built factory near Albany, N.Y.,...  Continue reading
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Netflix adds 'Hannah Montana' and others to its download ecosystem

Posted on September 23, 2008 at 9:59 AM
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Netflix Inc. continues to grow its Web of partners to facilitate the viewing of content online. While the company makes its money delivering DVDs, it has been building its video-streaming business that allows subscribers to download and view movies and television programs on their computers or mobile devices. Netflix on...  Continue reading
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Samsung isn't likely SanDisk suitor, so who is?

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It looks like we may have an answer to our previous question, "Will Samsung acquire SanDisk?" Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's No. 2 chipmaker, already pays several hundred million dollars a year to use SanDisk Corp. patents. That may have seemed like justification enough to pay around $3 billion for the flash storage market leader, but as dealmakers know, M&A issues run far deeper on cross-border deals...  Continue reading
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Will Samsung acquire SanDisk?

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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may acquire Milpitas, Calif.'s SanDisk Corp., the world's largest supplier of flash storage card products. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. estimates show Samsung already pays $400 million to $500 million annually to use SanDisk's flash memory patents, which could be reason enough to justify the acquisition ...  Continue reading
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Why you should be glad there are patent lawyers in Bishkek

Posted on July 31, 2008 at 2:30 PM
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Believers in free trade may fret over the collapse on Tuesday of the World Trade Organization's latest round of talks, named for Doha, capital of Qatar, where they began in 2001. But for those who were paying attention, the blow was cushioned by a June event in an even more...  Continue reading
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Safeguarding IP in a JV

Intellectual property issues often consume the most time during negotiations between potential joint venture partners. If they're not, there are plenty of attorneys out there who would tell you they probably should. One of them is Broox W. Peterson. We recently came across Peterson's article "Protecting your intellectual property from...  Continue reading
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Inside IBM's acquisition of Platform Solutions

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With news on Wednesday that IBM would acquire upstart mainframe challenger Platform Solutions Inc., we checked in for an update with Bart Schachter, a managing partner with Blueprint Ventures, which helped PSI spinout of Fujitsu Ltd.-owned Amdahl Corp. back in 1999. It's a story we chronicled last year in Corporate...  Continue reading
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New life for the Sharper Image brand

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On June 2 we reported on the unique strategy being employed by the new owners of the Sharper Image brand. The brand and bankrupt assets of Sharper Image Corp. were bought by a joint venture that included the PE firms Hilco Consumer Capital and WindSong Brands, IP management specialist GB...  Continue reading
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