Google-Motorola Deal Could Move These 4 Other Tech Stocks

By Bill Maurer: Shares of Pennsylvania based InterDigital (IDCC) have been on a rocky ride since the company hired Evercore Partners and Barclays Capital to explore a possible sale of the company in mid July. The stock raced up from the low $40s into the low $80s, but is now back into the mid $60s.

By HansPowers:News abounds of the ongoing "patent war" between large tech companies -- firms that are battling each other in courts on the grounds of infringement while simultaneously arming themselves with large, relevant patent portfolios from newly acquired companies.

By Bret Jensen:Google’s recent acquisition of Motorola Mobility (MMI) is already paying off…for Microsoft. The folly of acquiring a handset maker and becoming a competitor to the very firms [HTC, Samsung (SSNLF.PK), etc.] that you are counting on to have your OS on their smartphones is already becoming apparent.

Google (GOOG) just announced that they are buying Motorola Mobility (MMI) for $12.5 billion. They are obviously buying Motorola Mobility for their 4G IP.

By Insider Monkey: Patents are being used strategically in the mobile phone sector, with mobile phone companies using litigation to limit their competition. Google (GOOG) itself said that patent disputes were the main reason it wanted to acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI).

By Chris Versace: Following Google’s (GOOG) announced its intent to acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI), shares of InterDigital (IDCC) came under pressure as the market perceived that Google i

By Atim Kabra:So Google (GOOG) gave in to pressure and bought Motorola Mobility (MMI) after failing to buy the patents portfolio auctioned by the bankrupt Nortel.