http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-09/intel-said-to-weigh-interdigital-bid.html
Intel Corp. is among companies considering submitting bids for InterDigital Inc.’s patent portfolio this month, while Google Inc. is losing interest in the assets, said people with knowledge of the matter.
Intel, Samsung Electronics Co., Ericsson AB and HTC Corp., are reviewing confidential InterDigital data as they weigh offers for the company’s assets, said the people, who declined to be identified because talks are private. Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. have also looked, one person said. First-round bids are due in two weeks, and bidders have been asked to indicate initial interest in the coming days, the person said.
Some buyers may team up on proposals, the person said. Google is backing away from an offer after agreeing to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion last month to gain patents and a hardware business, the people said. InterDigital, which had a market value of about $3 billion as of yesterday’s close, may fetch more than $5 billion, according to analysts at Algorithm Capital and Dougherty & Co.
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