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Re:Jury awards Optis $300M in second patent trial against Apple by igorzx31 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @08:40AM (#28180174)
patents that are part of the 3G/4G standard have to be licensed on a FRAND basis (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory).
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Re:Jury awards Optis $300M in second patent trial against Apple by alphabetter on Saturday August 14, 2021 @09:56AM (#28180645)
It is more subtle that that. Patent holders who contributed to the 3G/4G/5G standards agree to make their standards essential patents available under FRAND terms. However, this does not apply to patent holders who have not contributed to the 3G/4G/5G standards (because they are not part of any agreement about patent licensing terms for the standard).
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Re:Jury awards Optis $300M in second patent trial against Apple by rasz on Saturday August 14, 2021 @02:54PM (#28183066)
Those sure as shit look like SEPs issued by Samsung/LG/Panasonic. Here similar case from Europe

https://www.essentialpatentblog.com/2018/03/magistrate-judge...

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Re:Jury awards Optis $300M in second patent trial against Apple by staticautomatic on Saturday August 14, 2021 @01:44PM (#28182553)
They still end up being the subject of jury trials, and the outcome is often not FRAND.
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