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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by dpcan on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:09PM (#2777684)
Are they already licensing S3 patents though? If so, would there not be a contract of some kind in place to stop HTC from just pulling the plug?
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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by blinkingled on Monday July 18, 2011 @03:14PM (#2777712)
If they were licensing why would they be in court with S3 and why would the judge rule infringement - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/apple-gets-mixed-ru...
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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by 7rurl on Monday July 18, 2011 @04:14PM (#2778016)
Is it possible that Apple's patent suit against HTC is a retaliation against S3's patent suit agents Apple? And if so, would it make it pretty silly to be freaking out about Apple trying to patent Android out of existence?
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Re:Apple deals massive patent blow to HTC, Android in seriou... by blinkingled on Monday July 18, 2011 @04:35PM (#2778110)
You will have to look at the dates - specifically date on which Apple filed lawsuit against HTC and also when S3 filed one against Apple - before or after they were bought by HTC.
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