So LTD - you admit that Apple was in the wrong and Nokia was justified in suing and that winning the suit was legit?
I admit that if Apple owed money to Nokia for use of their patents then they need to pay like anyone else. But that was never at issue.
If Nokia was asking for more than what everyone else was paying then we had a problem, in which case it was right for Apple to hold out.
I'm not sure what there was to "win" here when Apple would have had to pay Nokia something anyway. We all knew that. The only question was how much. That's what the dispute was about. Not whether Apple owed anything.
Not much of a contest to begin with, though. You've got an innovator at the top of their game, and then you've got an example of wilful negligence gone very bad. Nokia can use every cent they can get. Good for them. Better buyout bait at then end.
If only they put as much attention into their products as they do with pursuing patent royalties.
But karma is clearly a bitch, because of all the wagons to hitch their droopy star to they picked Microsoft's. Or rather, it was probably fate.