100 billion in the bank last quarter, probably 120+ billion will be reported this quarter. Enough to buy Samsung out in CA$H alone.
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100 billion in the bank last quarter, probably 120+ billion will be reported this quarter. Enough to buy Samsung out in CA$H alone.
One may consider a career change ...
There will be some very rich lawyers out there after this ... no matter which way it goes, the lawyers win.
Wonder whether there ever will be an end to companies filing frivolous suits against each other, encouraged by unscrupulous lawyers, and to the detriment of the consumers ?
I guess lawyers are just as worried about their rating as a profession in society as bankers : not at all.
There will be some very rich lawyers out there after this ... no matter which way it goes, the lawyers win.
Wonder whether there ever will be an end to companies filing frivolous suits against each other, encouraged by unscrupulous lawyers, and to the detriment of the consumers ?
I guess lawyers are just as worried about their rating as a profession in society as bankers : not at all.
No. Samsung has also admitted in previous interviews that they believe Apple is already paying to license these patents through their chipset maker. They are just wasting time. Trying to grab a few headlines and remind people they are in the cell phone business.
They realize they are in the process of losing 7 billion dollars of very profitable business. Every move they make to try and change things only makes it worse.
When i grabbed my phone yesterday I wondered why it has to be top down/pull down.
Why couldn't it have been swipe UP from the home button? My thumb is there when i grab it, why do i have to go up to the top?
Anyway..... As for the lawsuits, protect your IP if you have it, but if Samsung is playing games with FRAND stuff, then I hope they get screwed by the courts.
Samsung is forced to license its IP under FRAND terms because they form the standards of modern tele-communications.
Apple in no way is bound to do so.
"Apple has argued that those patents are essential enough to the basic operation of 3G wireless technologies that they should be subject to FRAND (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory) terms requiring Samsung to license them under reasonable terms. Apple's position is that Samsung has not been offering reasonable terms for the patents, and the two parties have been unable to reach an agreement on their licensing."
So, what Apple is saying that the only "reasonable" terms are those deemed reasonable by Apple and not the IP holder. By the same logic we should be allowed to pay "reasonable" prices for Apple products, the prices that we set ourselves.
So, what Apple is saying that the only "reasonable" terms are those deemed reasonable by Apple and not the IP holder. By the same logic we should be allowed to pay "reasonable" prices for Apple products, the prices that we set ourselves.
Well your both wrong. No one will hate Samsung because the suit is folly and has 0 chance of success. No one will hate Apple because no one really cares about any Samsung products.
I bet Apple wish they could cut Samsung as a supplier...Hopefully they'll be able to do that eventually.
Huge mistake for Samsung to bite the hand that feeds them. Oh well, their loss.
About one ten thousandth.
Or 0.01 percent.
That would be a pretty idiotic thing to even attempt. And you seem to have not a clue how big Samsung is.
Reasonable compared to what other companies are paying for licenses for the same patents. Or for licenses for other essential patents. Like the LTE patents that Apple owns and that Samsung is using.
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As long as it's not Canada then I won't have to beat up any Samsung employees when I see them on the street.
If you can't beat them, sue them.
Seriously, I'm wondering how much this will cost Samsung as Apple sources more and more of their components from other suppliers.
Seriously, I'm wondering how much this will cost Samsung as Apple sources more and more of their components from other suppliers.
Source? I remember people saying exactly the same when Nokia sued Apple for their FRAND patents.
Nope, FRAND is to prevent companies essentially extorting fees out of customers for essential technologies part of a standard. Basically they can ask no more from Apple than they ask from other licensees.
e.g Samsung can't go to Apple and say, "ok, 3 bucks per iPhone plus we want a cross licensing deal and access to x y and z patents, bitch"
Reasonable is coupled with fair and non-discriminatory. It means not decidedly different than what other people are paying for the same technology. Samsung chose to have their technology be part of the standard.
Wait, are you saying Samsung is struggling in the cell business ? Being the #1 Android OEM and the #2 in total market share for handsets sold is struggling ?
They sold 5 million SGS II phones (a single model!) in 85 days.
No really, they aren't struggling.
This is so obious! Samsung is piss because they don't have any new design from apple to copy.
I saw what Jobs did here!
that's right, they basically tells Apple to hurry up and release the redesigned iPhone5 already