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Apple Wins Long-Term Protection from Ban on Sales of 3G-Enabled Devices in Germany
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Could not agree more with every word. Don't worry about Tim. More zeal, less in your face, more smoke filled back rooms.(without the smoke)
Hey Erik, Crime does not pay, uh, unless in your case YOU PAY.
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Yes. Which was the entire point in the wording the most current ammendment.
Nice work Bruce. I want Erik to be required to sell every Google shaw he owns to survive. Apple will not stop until Erik is toast. No matter how much blood is spilled. Apples entire strategy has been and will continue to be Google.
Microsoft is almost a partner theses days.
I would love to know what was in the letter from Bill Gates that Steve kept at his bedside until he passed.
I could guess, but won't.
This emerged in a lawsuit Apple filed against Motorola in US, accusing MMI of antitrust violations:
You can read the entire complaint, as well as some additional commentary in this Appleinnsider post
And put every lawyer on the planet out of a job? They'll come after you for that.Can't we all just get along?
You're mixing up the court not allowing any more sales injunctions, with offer negotiations. They're two different things.
There's no doubt they would like a cross-license. ETSI's FRAND rules do say this:
The question is, does that only mean other ETSI related patents, or can it apply to patents of any sort?
Everyone should note that this particular FRAND policy was written by the major standard patent holders to lean heavily in their own favor, and does not have most of the prohibitions that people think it does. In fact, it has quite few. For two decades the smaller patent holders have tried to change this, but to little avail.
"Fair" has nothing to do with royalties. Only "reasonable", and perhaps "non-discriminatory", do. On those:
- "Reasonable" doesn't mean the rate has to be the same for everyone. Cross licensing is a long used method to lower rates, for example.
- Royalties have been charged on the total price of a phone for decades, so it might be an uphill battle to claim there's discrimination there.
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Isn't all of this just business played out on a bigger scale. The US tend to be pretty litigious. Google produced Android and knew it wasn't possible if they abided by the law. But i don't think that's the game. You produce the product, sell it and let the other person sue you. Then you string it out for as long as possible and finally settle and probably be no worse off than if you paid up to start with. (If that was an option).
Lets face it Android was never going to go to market and abide by the law given that the iPhone was such a game changer.
These cases will be bouncing around for a long time.
Motorola's game is a little different. With a failing business they've sought to recover more income from their patents. To a degree Apple are playing the same game as Google here.
It's just a game or dance that lasts for a period of time before being settled. I don't see it as anything to get upset over or accuse either side of doing wrong. It's just business the American way, where the business metaphor is war.
The numbers are getting seriously big though. Apple's turnover is heading toward $3bn per week. The legal bills would probably be a lesser percentage than for most businesses.
Enjoy the show. It'll be here for some time to come.
Lets face it Android was never going to go to market and abide by the law given that the iPhone was such a game changer.
These cases will be bouncing around for a long time.
Motorola's game is a little different. With a failing business they've sought to recover more income from their patents. To a degree Apple are playing the same game as Google here.
It's just a game or dance that lasts for a period of time before being settled. I don't see it as anything to get upset over or accuse either side of doing wrong. It's just business the American way, where the business metaphor is war.
The numbers are getting seriously big though. Apple's turnover is heading toward $3bn per week. The legal bills would probably be a lesser percentage than for most businesses.
Enjoy the show. It'll be here for some time to come.
