BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm

Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by juice_bus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:14PM (#14100248)

Did BlackBerry get awarded more in this arbitration than they have made selling devices? (Former RIM employee - this isn't a jab, genuine question)

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by protomyth on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:18PM (#14100296)

Going by their financials, no, they made more money selling devices over the years. This is actually less than a year's worth of profit back aways.

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by wjnc on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:44PM (#14100563)

Their market cap went up 1.2B thanks to a .8B settlement. That's not really logical, is it?

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by revelation on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:49PM (#14100619)

Companies aren't valued by the gross sum of their assets minus liabilities. I guess it means they expect BB to generate more than 1.2B in value thanks to that .8B cash infusion.

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Re:BlackBerry Awarded $800M in Arbitration Against Qualcomm by juice_bus on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @02:19PM (#14100307)

Thanks for checking!

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