Exactly what do you call "using something without paying for it" then? Last time I checked, Apple was the ONLY device manufacturer who has not cross-licensed technology from Samsung related to UMTS.
Because Samsung was not adhering to FRAND terms with Apple.
Because Samsung was not adhering to FRAND terms with Apple.
How so? Samsung made an opening offer and Apple refused to negotiate. A Dutch court has already ruled on this issue and did not agree with your statement, as Apple was found liable for infringement.
Exactly what do you call "using something without paying for it" then? Last time I checked, Apple was the ONLY device manufacturer who has not cross-licensed technology from Samsung related to UMTS.
Not to worry, Apple is digging a deeper hole with their upcoming use of 4G LTE technology [and a bumbling idiot at best for their recent release of Ipad 3 with "4G LTE" in Europe and Australia with the wrong chipsets]. The 4G LTE arsenals which Apple has are the patent portfolio it acquired off Nortel [with Microsoft, Sony, RIM et. al], the license fee it coughes up by using Qualcomm chips and the fees it gives to Nokia when Apple infringed its patents as well. That was some sort of innovation, isn't it? So, life will be mighty rosy in Apple land for the immediate future when it start to full-blown "embracing" the 4G LTE. Android partnership owns about 30% 4G LTE patent portfolios, while Apple [with bankrupt Nortel help] has about 150 4G LTE patents [a "huge" 1.5% share]. Like what Apple fanboys always say, Apple always "innovates" while the rest are just copycats. The Iphone without the telco technology shouldn't be named that way, it should be named as I-useless instead.
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Originally Posted by e_veritas
Exactly what do you call "using something without paying for it" then? Last time I checked, Apple was the ONLY device manufacturer who has not cross-licensed technology from Samsung related to UMTS.
Because Samsung was not adhering to FRAND terms with Apple.
Samsung's game plan?
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Originally Posted by SpamSandwich
Because Samsung was not adhering to FRAND terms with Apple.
How so? Samsung made an opening offer and Apple refused to negotiate. A Dutch court has already ruled on this issue and did not agree with your statement, as Apple was found liable for infringement.
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Exactly what do you call "using something without paying for it" then? Last time I checked, Apple was the ONLY device manufacturer who has not cross-licensed technology from Samsung related to UMTS.
Not to worry, Apple is digging a deeper hole with their upcoming use of 4G LTE technology [and a bumbling idiot at best for their recent release of Ipad 3 with "4G LTE" in Europe and Australia with the wrong chipsets]. The 4G LTE arsenals which Apple has are the patent portfolio it acquired off Nortel [with Microsoft, Sony, RIM et. al], the license fee it coughes up by using Qualcomm chips and the fees it gives to Nokia when Apple infringed its patents as well. That was some sort of innovation, isn't it? So, life will be mighty rosy in Apple land for the immediate future when it start to full-blown "embracing" the 4G LTE. Android partnership owns about 30% 4G LTE patent portfolios, while Apple [with bankrupt Nortel help] has about 150 4G LTE patents [a "huge" 1.5% share]. Like what Apple fanboys always say, Apple always "innovates" while the rest are just copycats. The Iphone without the telco technology shouldn't be named that way, it should be named as I-useless instead.