Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends global wins

Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by GeekyBear on Thursday December 20, 2018 @11:50PM (#18731490)

The strange thing is that the gentleman who designed the chip in question was not called as a witness despite being present at the trial so he could offer his own testimony.

>Mr. Mike Kay spent almost 12 hours waiting [outside the court] on November 8, for an opportunity to testify in a Qualcomm v. Apple patent infringement trial

Mike Kay is a Qorvo employee and designed the envelope tracker chip used in some iPhones models that Qualcomm alleges infringe on its European patent EP2724461 ("low-voltage power-efficient envelope tracker").

http://www.fosspatents.com/2018/11/hoping-to-defend-iphone-a...

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Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by fluffycat on Friday December 21, 2018 @08:41AM (#18733208)

Fosspatents and Florian Mueller.. Where do I remember these? In past he was paid by big corporations for his "Consultancy" services.

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Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by eisa01 on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:10AM (#18733367)

I was reading his posts back in the day, did anyone ever perform any analysis if his predictions were right?

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Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by GeekyBear on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:38AM (#18733524)

I think the general consternation about Mueller started when he predicted that, as a matter of law, Oracle would ultimately be the victor in it's case against Google over Java.

Which did eventually come to pass, in a Federal appeals court ruling in March of this year that overturned the findings of the jury in the previous trial.

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Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by fluffycat on Friday December 28, 2018 @05:31AM (#18776004)

He was paid by Oracle when he made that "prediction".

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Re:Apple to pull some iPhones in Germany as Qualcomm extends... by fluffycat on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:22AM (#18733436)

When someone works as a hired gun, all their good works are tainted as well. So who cares.

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