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Lenovo Buys Mobile Patents for $100 Million from Unwired Planet

Unwired Planet, Inc. (NASDAQ:UPIP) and Lenovo (HKSE: 992) recently announced that Lenovo has agreed to purchase a portfolio of patents from Unwired Planet and to take a term-based license to Unwired Planet’s patent portfolio. The aggregate consideration for the combined transaction is $100 million payable in cash. The transaction is expected to close by the middle of April.

Under the terms of the agreement, Lenovo is now licensed under Unwired Planet’s intellectual property portfolio, which covers standard essential, implementation, and application layer technology for mobile devices. Following the transaction, Unwired Planet’s portfolio will consist of approximately 2,500 issued and pending US and foreign patents. The patent purchase consists of 21 patent families owned by Unwired Planet, including patents for 3G and LTE mobile technologies and other important mobility patents.

“We are pleased to have reached an agreement with one of the world’s leading global technology companies,” said Philip Vachon, Chairman of Unwired Planet’s Board of Directors and head of its Intellectual Property Committee. “We wish Lenovo continued success going forward.”

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