Apple: Samsung shirked FRAND obligations, filed suit before making a licensing offer
Samsung abused its rights as a standard-essential patent holder, Apple said Wednesday, by filing a complaint with the International Trade Commission before even trying to come to an agreement with the Cupertino company over licensing terms.
Apple noted the abuse in an ITC statement on Wednesday, which was subsequently discovered by FOSS Patents on Thursday. In it, Apple summarizes why a recent FRAND decision ? from the case RealTek v. LSI/Agere ? runs parallel to the complaint Samsung lodged with the ITC.
Apple, in pointing to the RealTek case, is hoping for the same sort of decision to be handed down in its own proceedings. In the RealTek case, the court barred the patent holder from asserting its patent in court without first extending a FRAND offer.
The ITC is scheduled to render a final decision on the FRAND patent case brought by Samsung against Apple in the coming weeks.
Apple noted the abuse in an ITC statement on Wednesday, which was subsequently discovered by FOSS Patents on Thursday. In it, Apple summarizes why a recent FRAND decision ? from the case RealTek v. LSI/Agere ? runs parallel to the complaint Samsung lodged with the ITC.
The RealTek case involved a dispute over the IEEE 802.11 WLAN standard, with Agere, the patent holder, suing RealTek for alleged infringement. The court issued a summary judgment finding in RealTek's favor, ruling that Agere had breached its obligation to license essential technologies in a fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) manner. The court found further breach in that Agere had sought an injunction before even offering licensing terms."The Realtek case is strikingly similar to the instant case. Samsung brought an ITC complaint before making any offer specific to its declared-essential patents, let alone a FRAND-compliant offer. Just as in Realtek, when Apple responded to the ITC complaint by requesting that Samsung provide FRAND terms for the specific asserted patents, Samsung responded by making a non-FRAND demand based on the total price of the accused Apple products--rather than the cost of the relevant accused components. Indeed, Samsung's conduct here is even more egregious--[redacted] In short, just as in Realtek, Samsung's pursuit of an ITC exclusion order directly conflicts with its FRAND commitments."
Apple, in pointing to the RealTek case, is hoping for the same sort of decision to be handed down in its own proceedings. In the RealTek case, the court barred the patent holder from asserting its patent in court without first extending a FRAND offer.
The ITC is scheduled to render a final decision on the FRAND patent case brought by Samsung against Apple in the coming weeks.
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Bunch of thieves. I hope Samsung gets nailed to the wall. Shame that our court system is so incredibly slow and ineffective in dealing with such violations in a timely manner.
So when will they schedule a hearing? September of 2016?
Apple is always wrong--work backwards from there to justify anything
Where are all the people who posted that Apple was an "unwilling licensee"? How can you be unwilling without there even being an offer in the first place? Samsung's true colors are being revealed more and more as these cases progress. A truly corrupt company.
Imagine they'll all avoid this discussion just like they're avoiding the Google 3D Maps discussion.
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Remember, though: Apple ALWAYS sues everyone. Nobody ever sues Apple.
Apple is always wrong--work backwards from there to justify anything
Ah yes... Fantards will always find ways to spin it to suit their agendas.
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Samsung is in violation of so many things, filing a suit before it was necessary was probably a knee-jerk reaction from being in court so much.
Bunch of thieves. I hope Samsung gets nailed to the wall. Shame that our court system is so incredibly slow and ineffective in dealing with such violations in a timely manner.
So when will they schedule a hearing? September of 2016?
What do you think ties the court systems up? I don't think it's an issue of multitudes of empty courtrooms and judges with downtime.
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Things just keep getting worse for Samsung. Not only were their demands outrageous (as Motorola was recently found to be), but they never even made an offer in the first place.
Where are all the people who posted that Apple was an "unwilling licensee"? How can you be unwilling without there even being an offer in the first place? Samsung's true colors are being revealed more and more as these cases progress. A truly corrupt company.
Imagine they'll all avoid this discussion just like they're avoiding the Google 3D Maps discussion.
That surprises me. I would have at least expected their lawyers to catch it prior to filing.
Longtime Apple fan here.
Nevertheless, Apple's recent strategy of "competing by lawsuits" leaves an increasingly sour taste in my mouth.
Especially, when viewed in light of their unwillingness to pay their fair share on taxes.
I sure wish the Apple of old back.
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Originally Posted by EricTheHalfBee
Things just keep getting worse for Samsung. Not only were their demands outrageous (as Motorola was recently found to be), but they never even made an offer in the first place.
Where are all the people who posted that Apple was an "unwilling licensee"? How can you be unwilling without there even being an offer in the first place? Samsung's true colors are being revealed more and more as these cases progress. A truly corrupt company.
Imagine they'll all avoid this discussion just like they're avoiding the Google 3D Maps discussion.
Samsung's true colors were always out there for the world to see since the moment they came out with their iClone. Fantards, iHaters, and spinmeisters were the ones that kept trying to deflect attention to what was important to them - just hating Apple for the sake of it.
Samsung innovation! They just move too fast for the rest of the world, ya know?
What a twisted view of things.
I wish the actual Apple good luck and all the best.
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Longtime Apple fan here.
Nevertheless, Apple's recent strategy of "competing by lawsuits" leaves an increasingly sour taste in my mouth.
Especially, when viewed in light of their unwillingness to pay their fair share on taxes.
I sure wish the Apple of old back.
It's not 8:20 yet, you are early and will NOT get a check in the mail.
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First troll post at #7. Who wins the pool?
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Mate, you actually believe this crap you posted?
So how much tax does Samsung pay in the US?
They make a lot on the back of American innovation, which they don't want to pay for.
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Originally Posted by AppleWins
Longtime Apple fan here.
Nevertheless, Apple's recent strategy of "competing by lawsuits" leaves an increasingly sour taste in my mouth.
Especially, when viewed in light of their unwillingness to pay their fair share on taxes.
I sure wish the Apple of old back.
First troll post at #7. Who wins the pool?
But wait - he can't be a troll - he says that he's an Apple fan.
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Mate, you actually believe this crap you posted?
So how much tax does Samsung pay in the US?
They make a lot on the back of American innovation, which they don't want to pay for.
Well as it was shown in the hearing the other day on capital hill, Samsung as whole makes more revenue than Apple paid less total taxes worldwide than Apple did and Apple can not being the money home for the simple reason they would pay far more taxes than all their competitors.
If anyone is curious, What happening in the Tech industry with everyone suing everyone over IP is not a new business strategy. If you go research the automotive industry at the turn of the 20th century, Ford was suing everyone and everyone was suing Ford over patents. Ford was using this tactic to eliminate competition. At that time there were no standards and companies were not required to license their IP under FRAND.
People act like this is something new going on with companies fighting over Patents and their rights, This strategy has been used over and over in many industries. Apple is just showing companies they will not be messed with.
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What a twisted view of things.
I wish the actual Apple good luck and all the best.
Me too wish Apple good luck and all the best, this is why I think their current focus on aggressive (and oftentimes unfair) litigation is a mistake which will not benefit them in the long run.
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Me too wish Apple good luck and all the best, this is why I think their current focus on aggressive (and oftentimes unfair) litigation is a mistake which will not benefit them in the long run.
Go away.
Thanks.
"So how much tax does Samsung pay in the US?" What an immature thing to write. Other companies not paying their fair share does not make it better for Apple to do so too. Are we still in Kindergarten?
In any case, Samsung is a Korean company, they have no moral obligation to pay US taxes.
How much taxes does Apple pay in Korea?
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Originally Posted by Mac95
What a twisted view of things.
I wish the actual Apple good luck and all the best.
Me too wish Apple good luck and all the best, this is why I think their current focus on aggressive (and oftentimes unfair) litigation is a mistake which will not benefit them in the long run.
Presumably you do realize that this article is about Samsung aggressively pursuing Apple, not the other way around.