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Agree on Nortel
Posted by Reality (more from Reality) on Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:56
In Reply to: Nortel, James, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:03:52
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IMHO, the real shame in some of the telcom bubble and bust stories was the part where the workers who thought they had cushy retirement got left high and dry after the companies (or workers themselves) misallocated their pension funds into company stocks of the same companies. Unfortunate, but the employees should have been in a better position to know than average unrelated taxpayers.
Regarding IP, I thought in a normal bankruptcy situation, the IP would be picked up by someone else on the cheap just like the other assets of the failed company. If any patent is left on the table, it would effectively become public domain due to subsequent lack of defense action. That is a good thing for everyone else in the industry and consumers. The invention associated with the patent is already done, but nobody is left to collect rent on it. We could only wish to be so lucky. LOL.
The situation with GM restricting IP use by would-be buyer is SAAB is precisely a consequence of the government bailout of GM. If there had been no bailout of GM, the company would be in a much more urgent need for cash and would be willing to sell and license whatever IP there is to get money, instead of the current situation of bureaucrats dotting i's and crossing t's lest there be a remote chance of someone else making a huge success out of those IP's later and boomeranging back to get hurt their bureaucratic rear ends.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Kodak's going down, Siegfried, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:27:47
- GM=Number one car company in the world, No Snaab, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:59:42
- VW wants you to wait for the Mann truck sales #s, JohnA
, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:54:30- Not my point, No Snaab, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:31:37
- Re: Not my point, Noel, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:36:29
- Incorrect economic model, Reality, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:18:55
- Practical realities..., Noel, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:28:25
- Nortel, James, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:03:52
- Agree on Nortel, Reality, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:56 <-- Viewing This Message
- +3/4 (n/m), Siegfried, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:32:53
- ooops....MAN and Scania n/m, JohnA
, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:04:44
- Did American Airline stop flying, Reality, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:47:05
- got your point, Siegfried, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:41:01
- Yes, No Snaab, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:21:14
- ok, Siegfried, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:27:11
- Re: ok, No Snaab, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:43:55
- Re:, Siegfried, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:50:20
- WAR, AdamSAAB2kAero
, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:58:46- you had plenty recently, Siegfried, Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:53:47
- Wrong on every account, Reality, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:53:38
- Re: Wrong on every account, dtech, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:50:52
- Much more to Kodak than cameras and film, Noel, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:30:21
- Re: Wrong on every account, James, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:16:21
- Not so very wrong, IMO, 50N40W, Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:03:33
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