On April 24, one week prior, Marathon Patent Group announced some clarity on another IP portfolio acquisition from CyberFone Systems.

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We feel that Take-Two's IP portfolio is well-aligned against EA's product footprint, and its studios fit well with our decentralized, divisional model.

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While the terms of the settlement will remain confidential and are not anticipated to have a material impact on our financial results for 2012, this settlement is a great step forward in validating the value of our IP portfolio and the investments we have made in the mobile market.

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Without this information, investors may fall under a false impression that IP is more profitable than it truly is and could lead investors to over-weight IP in their portfolio.

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The deal provides RIM with access to IV's extensive patent portfolio of more than 30, 000 IP assets.

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