Yes, but Apple being sued over patents is OK, it's only when they sue somebody else that there's a problem.
It's just like with Chinese labour. Everyone else uses them, but Apple using them is wrong, even if they pay more than everyone else and the workers prefer to work in the Apple device factories.
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Once Apple will announce LTE on iPhone all hell will break loose. HTC has two related patents, Samsung - 79. Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/042612-lte-patent-wars...
I thought the LTE patents are covered under FRAND. Isn't Samsung being investigated for FRAND abuse.
Nokia owns loads of patents for GSM which the standards bodies negotiated terms on; I'm sure it will happen here as well.
Apple has already settled with Nokia: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/14/apple-nokia...
Yes, but Apple being sued over patents is OK, it's only when they sue somebody else that there's a problem.
It's just like with Chinese labour. Everyone else uses them, but Apple using them is wrong, even if they pay more than everyone else and the workers prefer to work in the Apple device factories.
Didn't you get the memo?
The problem is that Apple was the one who started using patents offensively, as far as I know.
Sorry, but that'd be Nokia and Motorola.
A timeline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone_wars
It seems to be:
...and then... Where did that last one come from?