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To Mollify Google on Moto Patents, Apple Proposes $1/Device Fee
An anonymous reader writes "Motorola feels that Apple is infringing on several FRAND patents that have to do with how every smartphone in existence connects to WiFi and cellular networks. Since Apple makes smartphones, and Google is looking to use their newly acquired Motorola as a weapon, the two companies are only a few days away from the courtroom. Apple has conceded that the Moto patents are valid by offering to pay Google/Moto $1 per device, but only going forward. Motorola wants 2.25% per device and for it to cover all Apple devices (back dated). If Motorola pursues the case and the court issues a per device rate that is higher than Apple's offer, Apple promises to pursue all possible appeals to avoid paying more than $1. Motorola could end this quickly, or watch as Apple drags this out for what could be years."
Who says they're unreasonable? Maybe Moto's demands are...
Realizing that apple is offering quite a bit less then even half a pecent, and while recognizing that the patents are valid they refuse to be responsible for the past, it doesn't take much sanity to see Apple is trying to leverage the threat of a long drawn out lawsuit to avoid paying for their past infringement. It's exactly the kind of behavior that Googlerola should be putting them to the screws for, and seeing that they both have disposable lawyers sitting around, it's not unlikely either.
I can't believe people actually think this garbage.
I can't believe people in glass houses use a stone throwing gattling gun with such abandon.
http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/samsung-vs.-apple-e1313955567548.jpg
And there you go like a true fanboi using that widely debunked graphic which only shows a small selection of Samsung phones.
If you were hones, you would have shown this one:
http://www.osnews.com/img/26230/s-comp.PNG
SJW n. One who posts facts.
No, Apple is NOT asking to pay the same price as everyone else. Everyone else is cross-licensing, which Apple refuses to do. So if Samsung (for example) is giving Motorola licenses which would add up to 2.25% of the device if they were paid for in cash, then it is entirely fair and reasonable to expect Apple to cough up 2.25% in cash.
It has a tiny screen, a non-removable battery, a non-standard connector, no microSD port, and no NFC chip. Also, it is no longer king in battery life. While I am not if sure they have fixed it yet or not, at release, they apparently didn't even have a decent map application for it. From a OS standpoint, Android has finally gotten to the point where it is at least as polished as iOS if not more polished. Some of the top Android phones are even coming out this cool new features that aren't even part of the stock Android OS. I haven't heard of any awesome new features in Apple since Siri. Siri is probably one of Apple's bigger advantages but Google has been making strides to lessen that advantage with Google Now and voice searching. Apple also has the advantage on manufacture support in pushing OS updates but then again, Apple has a nasty habit of keeping out the coolest new features on its older models. Overall, I am thoroughly unimpressed by Apples newest iPhone. It used to be that Apple was one of the first with new awesome features. Apple can't keep customers based on past successes forever.