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."

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Hey Google fanbois, is it time to start the hate?

[RocketRabbit]

I wonder if we can sense any consistency from the pro-Google now that Motorola (ie Google) has decided to go ahead and sue Apple. We all know the general feeling on Slashdot has been driven by people who feel that Apple should not be able to protect what it feels are its important patents - now that Google is on the warpath, is it possible that we will see them maintain a consistent position regarding how "evil" patent lawsuits are and that they are "holding back technology?" Or will they simply take the line that, "Well, it's ok if Google does it because I either work for them, or I have such tunnel vision that I can't see the hypocrisy that everybody else sees in me?"

Anyway, this will be a delicious bunch of posts to read - the screeds will be incoherent, filled with vague and un-provable legal prognostication, and cause many particles of sand to become lodged in many, many manginas (pre- and post-op).

Happy posting everybody!

Re:Apple has shown the way for Motorola.

[the computer guy nex]

This is surely simple; Apple is using Motorolas patents; if they will not accept the FRAND offered by Moto then a Judge will surely be willing to grant a injunction against sales and promotion of all infringing products. As apple themselves have shown, this need not take years.

Or do fanbois think that 'rounded corners' drawn by one of their case designers a few years back represents a more important piece of IP than the detailed algorithms controlling signalling in a congested radio band that took real scientists and engineers years of research and skill to develop?

I can't believe people actually think this garbage.

Apple does not have a patent on 'rounded corners'. They have a trade dress patent which is a collection of almost a dozen individual features that create the unique image of an iPhone. They do not have individual patents on each individual feature, but rather one trade dress patent to stop KIRFs.

http://media.idownloadblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/samsung-vs.-apple-e1313955567548.jpg

Produce one then

[SuperKendall]

Let's see a reliable source. Everyone knows Florian Mueller is a laughable shill.

I actually didn't know that; I just found that article on Google while reading about FRAND cases. Since it cites a number of cases that are public and have already been decided, I was hard pressed to find it anything but plainly factual with a touch of analysis added on top.

If you would care to find an article that interprets the court results in a different way, by all means post it. But in the meantime I think your bias against this person is clouding your ability to understand simple facts.