Qualcomm buys 2,400 patents from HP including Palm technology

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Company looks to boost mobile arsenal

Qualcomm has announced a deal with HP to purchase 2,400 patents in order to strengthen its position in the market. The patents formed part of the Palm, iPAQ and Bitfone technologies owned by HP. Patents...

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