Last year was a good one for M&A in the technology sector, which saw 137 deals of $100 million or more worth a total of $106 billion, according to Dealogic. Those figures easily outpaced the previous three years, and the activity was spread across a variety of market segments.
Competition between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. for patents related to smartphones led to a bidding war in a bankruptcy auction for 6,000 patents and patent applications owned by Nortel Networks Inc. [Big Deals, September 2011]. Apple teamed with EMC Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Research in Motion Limited, and Sony Corporation to win the assets with a $4.5 billion bid. Google responded seven weeks later by agreeing to pay $12.5 billion in cash for Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. [Big Deals, October 2011].
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