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Jury rules Apple must pay WiLAN $85M for patent infringement
For once, it would be nice to see Apple try and not be the bully in the school yard and actually act responsibly and ethically for a change. These patents are used by all the phone providers. They are ground breaking patents. They have all signed licenses. The only one fighting was Apple. Now they have lost twice in court, to two jury's, and they still want to appeal? I mean, come on! The technology is not Apples, its been proven. Pay the damages of $85 million for the i phones 6 & 7 and then pony up for what you owe for iphones 8,9,10 and 11 too. (Yup, they now owe for the phones they have created since the case was initially filed, that they admitted ALSO infringed.) Then sign a license to 2023 to when the patents expire. And before anyone tries and spins the patent troll narrative, these patents were invented by the two guys who built the company Wilan, in the first place. They were never acquired from someone else. Just because you can tie things up endlessly in court doesn't mean you should. In fact its shameful and cowardly and arrogant. Apple has hundreds of billions of dollars stored off shore -- avoiding taxes -- and they still won't pony up for the technology they have used to build that mountain of cash. Time to do what is right. Pay for what you are responsible for. For a change. -
Jury rules Apple must pay WiLAN $85M for patent infringement
Actually no, strange days. Its the courts opinion. TWICE. It's also the opinion of all the other companies who have ALREADY signed licenses to the technology. Just because Steve Jobs said "we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas" doesnt mean its okay. In fact it puts Apple in a class by itself. And not a very good one.