RPX
Corporation Completes Purchase of Rockstar Patents
February
3, 2015
RPX Corporation (NASDAQ: RPXC) today announced that its
subsidiary, RPX Clearinghouse LLC, has completed its purchase of the patent
assets of Rockstar Consortium LLC following the expiration of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act waiting period. A syndicate of over 30 companies
have received non-exclusive licenses to the Rockstar patents, and RPX
Clearinghouse will make the patents available for license to all other
interested companies under fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND)
terms. As a result of the closing, eight litigations against 16 companies will
be dismissed, including cases against Cisco and Google.
As
a result of the above purchase, Rockstar will conclude its operations.
Inquires
may be addressed to the following:
Labarge Weinstein LLP
515
Legget Drive
Suite
800
Ottawa,
Ontario
K2K
3G4
T:
613.599.9600
Attention:
Michael Dunleavy