Which company originally owned RCA as a patent trust?
General Electric
Ford
IBM
Apple
Answer
RCA was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation, and United Fruit Company. It became an independent company in 1932 after the partners were required to divest their ownership due to a government antitrust suit.
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