Lenovo buys mobile patents in $100m deal

Dan Worth
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Firm strikes agreement with US firm Unwired Planet

Lenovo has announced a deal worth $100m to purchase a wealth of patents relating to mobile technology, just two months after it splashed out nearly $3bn for mobile phone maker Motorola. Lenovo b...

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