“A German news agency, dpa, now reports that Qualcomm has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in the Munich and Mannheim Regional Courts (equivalent to U.S. district courts) over one patent in each venue,” Florian Mueller writes for FOSS Patents. “Both patents-in-suit reportedly relate to battery efficiency, so they may be from a couple of the patent families Qualcomm is asserting against Apple in the ITC.”
“Considering Quinn Emanuel’s representation of Qualcomm in the U.S. and the choice of venues, I venture to guess that QE’s German branch is involved,” Mueller writes. “If so, Qualcomm has great representation over here, but whoever their counsel may be, Apple has an excellent defensive track record in Germany, where it typically works with Freshfields.”
“The dpa story mentions that Qualcomm believes the German legal system is favorable to patent holders’ interests. Qualcomm is seeking a sales ban against all iPhones sold in Germany,” Mueller writes. ” I haven’t seen a more PR-oriented litigant in this industry. There was a lot of PR activity related to the Nokia-IPCom dispute, but that was nothing in terms of orchestration compared to what Qualcomm is doing now… It appears to me that Qualcomm is placing a whole lot of emphasis on doing what it believes prevents investors from shorting the stock, and that priority may not always be the best choice with a view to litigation. Apple can and does afford the luxury of strictly focusing on a few key issues–and Apple has a broadbased alliance of companies and other stakeholders on its side.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Qualcomm’s FRAND abuse must not stand. Qualcomm’s licensing scam — charging a percentage of the total cost of all components in the phone, even non-Qualcomm components — is unreasonable, illogical, and irrational.
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Botty and the rest of the deplorables are the extremely quiet now that Trump and the Republican controlled Congress is proving out as a miserable failure.
You can hear a pin drop.
lol! What are you talking about?
All I hear are down-vote clicks…!
By the way, while botty and Fwhatever and kent and their ilk may fit the term “deplorables,” the term does not fit most of the Trump supporters, even the die-hards who still apparently believe what he says despite all of the evidence to the contrary. Many Trump supporters are simply under informed and have been mislead by the incessant rhetoric from the right that seeks to undermine any source of information that is not from Fox News, Breitbart, or a similar source. Far too many Trump supporters appear incapable of admitting that what Trump says or does today often has little to do with what he said or promised yesterday or last week or last month. Those could all be different. They also fail to understand Trump’s psychology – the guy just wants to believe that he has “won” in any situation, no matter how ridiculous his claims are.
Dreams of an idiot
Polluting the comments with politics? With no stimulant evident? Why?
I don’t care what side of the facile 1 dimensional political scale starts it. Please, restrain yourselves and just Shut Up. The subject is Apple. In this case, it’s also about Qualcomm.
(o_O)(O_o) 😛
“Qualcomm’s FRAND abuse must not stand. Qualcomm’s licensing scam — charging a percentage of the total cost of all components in the phone, even non-Qualcomm components — is unreasonable, illogical, and irrational.”
Sadly, in Europe these days, ” unreasonable, illogical, and irrational.”” seems to be the normal way of business cause, well, you know, they could use the money. So Sad.
Eh? Qualcom is an American company. The courts don’t get to keep the money in patent dispute between companies.
And Apple’s like “Not si I mean not so fast…”
No Qualcomm. It won’t help. The hounds have been unleashed upon you. You’re going down. Settle the matter of your crooked cash collection and end it.