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rockstar consortium wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 see also 2 references toggle the table of contents rockstar consortium 1 language русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia consortium formed to acquire patents rockstar consortium inc traded as nasdaq spex products list none industry patent monetization key people john veschi ceo website www ip rockstar com rockstar consortium inc originally named rockstar bidco 1 is a consortium formed to negotiate licensing for patents acquired from the bankrupt multinational telecommunications and data networking equipment manufacturer nortel 2 3 members of the consortium are apple inc blackberry ericsson microsoft and sony 4 rockstar is a patent holding non practicing entity npe and submitted the winning us 4 5 billion bid for the nortel patents at a week long auction held in new york in june 2011 5 spherix incorporated a company founded by gilbert levin has acquired four families of mobile communication patents from the rockstar consortium in exchange for initial consideration of up front cash and spherix common stock 6 rockstar will also receive a percentage of future profits from spherix after recovery of patent monetization costs and an initial priority return on investment to spherix in 2012 business insider listed rockstar as number 3 on its list of the 8 most fearsome patent trolls in industry 7 wired magazine notes that some call them a straight up patent troll 8 in october 2013 rockstar had initiated legal action against eight companies 9 including google huawei and samsung 10 as well as other makers of android phones including asustek htc lg electronics pantech and zte 11 in december 2013 google initiated legal action against rockstar with a countersuit filed in san jose california 12 in november 2014 it was reported that rockstar and google had come to a settlement 13 in december 2014 rockstar agreed to sell 4000 of its patents to rpx corporation a defensive patent aggregator 14 see also edit smartphone wars references edit mcmillan robert may 21 2012 how apple and microsoft armed 4 000 patent warheads wired retrieved november 1 2013 rockstar consortium launches patent attacks techweekeurope co uk may 28 2012 archived from the original on 2012 06 01 hill bert april 18 2012 transforming nortel s patents into gold rockstar consortium sets up shop in kanata ottawa citizen p d1 archived from the original on april 19 2012 retrieved may 30 2012 rockstar consortium receives green light from department of justice pdf archived from the original pdf on 2012 03 24 star man pdf archived from the original pdf on november 2 2013 retrieved september 8 2013 spherix closes rockstar patent acquisition transaction pdf archived from the original pdf on november 6 2013 retrieved september 8 2013 tech s 8 most fearsome patent trolls business insider 2012 11 25 retrieved 2013 12 20 mcmillan robert 2012 05 21 how apple and microsoft armed 4 000 patent warheads wired retrieved 2013 12 20 new patent cases involving rockstar docket alarm inc retrieved november 18 2013 levine dan october 31 2013 google samsung huawei sued over nortel patents reuters mullin joe november 1 2013 patent war goes nuclear microsoft apple owned rockstar sues google ars technica michelle meyers 26 december 2013 google fights back against rockstar patent group cnet jeff john roberts 20 november 2014 apple backed rockstar ends patent war on android deal suggests gigaom archived from the original on 21 november 2014 retrieved 22 november 2014 ashby jones 23 december 2014 rockstar consortium to sell 4 000 patents to rpx corp for 900 million wall street journal retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title rockstar_consortium oldid 1359689715 categories patent monetization companies of the united states smartphone patent wars apple inc partnerships blackberry limited ericsson microsoft initiatives nortel sony american companies established in 2012 hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata cs1 unfit url this page was last edited on 16 june 2026 at 17 16 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the 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