Now that Google has bought Motorola, many believe that Apple needs to bulk up its patent portfolio too. Here are two potential targets which Apple could acquire to gain some extra patent power.

Samsung has reportedly entered the bidding war for InterDigital, which has a portfolio of nearly 8,800 patents related to wireless technology. Google and Apple have been eyeing it since a couple of weeks.

InterDigital has filed a complaint against Nokia, Huawei and ZTE, alleging that they infringed upon seven of its patents related to 3G wireless devices.

After the Nortel patent auctions, Google and Apple are reportedly going to fight it out over one more company – InterDigital. InterDigital apparently has over 8,800 patents related to wireless technology, which make it a prime acquisition target.