Dr. David Martin featured in the Financial Times story “Nokia patents bump up cost for Microsoft”

Date:  Thu, 2013-09-05

This morning, Richard Waters from the Financial Times reported on the Microsoft/Nokia deal in the story, “Nokia patents bump up cost for Microsoft.”

“Nearly one-third of the €5.44bn price Microsoft agreed to pay” was to license the patent portfolio.

“However, even at €1.65bn for the patent licensing, some experts argue that Nokia may have sold on the cheap. Amid the mass of patents are leading positions in a number of technologies that are not directly related to the handset business Microsoft is acquiring – but which could have significant value in new markets in the future, according to David Martin, chairman of M-Cam, a patent advisory company.

“Depending on what comes along with it, there could be a significant ”˜free inside’ set of gems,” he says. Nokia also stands to get less from any future patent sales because the intellectual property will have lost its non-exclusivity as a result of the Microsoft licence, wiping 40-60 per cent off the value, says Mr Martin.”

The full story can be found: HERE