Silicon Valley woes create buyers' market for ideas

Posted on April 09, 2009 at 18:45 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - When storm clouds started gathering over the U.S. economy last fall and the stock market's value began vanishing, many touted the strength of one of the least-sexiest of assets: intellectual property.

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Blackstone Group LP Exar Corp Intel International Business Machines Corp. Microsoft Corp Research In Motion Ltd

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