Apple sues Qualcomm, saying chipmaker withheld $1B as “extortion”

Re:Apple sues Qualcomm, saying chipmaker withheld $1B as “ex... by StringyBob on Friday January 20, 2017 @06:19PM (#13447742)

Without knowing more, not particularly sympathetic to either party involved here, (lawyers are good at drafting statements about how hard done by their companies are over patents infringement and royalties/damages), but qcom have done well out of e.g. cdma patents http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112056555346377303

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Re:Apple sues Qualcomm, saying chipmaker withheld $1B as “ex... by citrusui on Friday January 20, 2017 @09:56PM (#13448506)

For those who dislike paywalls, here's a link to The Register's article: http://theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/broadcom_anti_qualcomm/

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Re:Apple sues Qualcomm, saying chipmaker withheld $1B as “ex... by ksec on Friday January 20, 2017 @11:20PM (#13448761)

I do believe Qualcomm patents are worth something, but if those quoted numbers are true, (Qualcomm insists on charging Apple at least five times more in payments than all the other cellular patent licensors we have agreements with combined.)

Then this is a ridiculous amount.

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