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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (38828)	6/21/2011 1:54:15 AM
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The linked info should provide some guidance. [1] "In an elementary example, one can evaluate the portfolios of these four players – Nortel, Google, Apple and Oracle - and extract the following lists of patents that constitute related technologies. In this context, ‘related technologies’ between two entities is meant as those inventions of one entity that read on and/or are in a citation chain with those of the other entity. Such an evaluaiton produces five lists: • List #1 - Some of the top 32 Nortel patents that Google needs to shore up its portfolio. • List #2 - Some of the top 33 Nortel patents that Apple needs to shore up its portfolio. • List #3 - A few of the top 184 Nortel patents that Oracle needs to shore up its portfolio. • List #4 - Some of the top 15 Nortel patents that Apple would probably prefer Google did not acquire. • List #5 - Some of the top 17 Nortel patents that Oracle would probably prefer that Google did not acquire. Each of the above patent portfolio mergers would place more power in the hands of the respective acquirer and may be something that the DOJ or EU would want to investigate in much the same way that they would examine any other proposed merger or business combination." patentrakker.com; --- [2] List of Patents that have Issued to the Nortel Family of Companies nortel.com Jim