In quest to determine BlackBerry’s worth, patent portfolio pegged at up to $5 billion

[Wireless News]

BlackBerry is practically impossible to value right now, but that obviously won’t stop analysts from trying. With the struggling smartphone maker having recently announced that it is exploring a number of new strategic options including a sale, industry watchers are abuzz with ideas. Most tend to agree that no rival smartphone companies have any interest in BlackBerry, so financial institutions might be the best bet. Alternatively, BlackBerry could be torn apart and sold to several different firms, and.MDB Capital Group CEO.Chris Marlett thinks BlackBerry’s patents are still fairly valuable in today’s market. “$2 billion to $3 billion … is easily justified … as there are approximately 9,000 patent assets with probably 100,000 claims that someone could take a shot at

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