Intellectual Property

With such overwhelming evidence against China regarding cyberespionage, stronger action is needed from the U.S. government than the strategy released this week by the White House. The U.S. government should impose trade sanctions that have enough bite to make the Chinese government sit up and take notice.

Alcatel-Lucent plans to use the €1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) in bank financing it secured last week to fund its €1.25 billion ($1.6 billion) restructuring program as well as the restructuring of unprofitable managed services contracts and exiting of geographic markets.

Tadiran Telecom, an IP business telephony and communications supplier, has acquired EasyRun's VoIP contact center technology and intellectual property for an undisclosed consideration. 

As patent wars continue in many telecom market sectors, it may be worth noting which companies in the enterprise communications market have a particular strength in patent holdings. Avaya announced it continues to see its ranking rise on the Intellectual Property Owners Association's list of "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in 2011."