Google’s Bid for Nortel Patents Approved but DOJ Still in Talks With Apple

Google's bid of $900 million for 6,000 Nortel patents and patent applications has been approved by the Justice Department's antitrust authorities.

According to the reports revealed by the Wall Street Journal today, in context to same, The U. S. Department of Justice has also concluded an antitrust investigation to be run into Google's bid as a bankrupt telecommunications company wouldn't be anticompetitive, whereas on the other hand, talks are still ongoing with Apple and Research in Motion over the potential bids.

Few more sources familiar with the DOJ investigation confirmed The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday about the go-ahead that has been given to Google regarding its $900 million starting bid while auctioning over 6,000 patents from Canadian telecommunications-equipment maker Nortel.

The journal further concluded that Microsoft is a top Google competitor, which has raised concerns about Google's bid for the Nortel patents about the purchase. AT&T, Nokia, Hewlett-Packard, and Verizon also have file objections regarding the issue.

As patents are among the hot commodities presently and that too with an explosion of lawsuits among tech giants, one such case is of Google directly in the case of Oracle's suit about Java or indirectly through partners using Google's Android operating system.