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Qualcomm Asks China To Ban the iPhone XS and XR (theverge.com)
After securing a win in court earlier this week to ban Apple's older phones, Qualcomm is trying to get the newer iPhones banned too. "According to the Financial Times, Qualcomm has now asked Chinese courts to issue an injunction that bans Apple from selling the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR within the country due to the same case of possible patent infringement," reports The Verge. From the report: The new filing will escalate the companies' legal conflict in China, where Apple has so far ignored a court-ordered sales ban. Apple claims the ban only applied to phones running iOS 11 and earlier. Since its phones have now been updated to iOS 12, Apple believes they can remain on sale, and so it has continued to sell them. According to the Financial Times, the Chinese court's order doesn't specifically mention any version of Apple's operating system. That doesn't necessarily mean Apple is wrong, but it does mean that there's more to be hashed out.
Of course China is really big on enforcing Patent Infringement isn't it ?
Trade wars lead to protectionist trade policies, and before you know it, we're back to paying more for the same shit we could have done without in the first place.
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It would be good to see all the big phone players get together to produce a secure open radio platform that could be masked out by whatever fab wants to run the job for a given integration.
I mean, this is commodity today - phone vendors haven't competed on reception quality in over a decade. They gain more by making the radio a commodity together than they do by playing Qualcomm's bitches.
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well, it's not so clear cut. Qualcomm has gamed the patent system and made it very near impossible to develop an alternative radio that doesn't infringe which is legal, but douchey. Then, they have the power to push their patent portfolio as standards ensuring the next generation is locked up the same way. That's monopoly.
It doesn't mean it's ok for Apple to ignore the patents (and the law), but it does suggest that the government modify the system so that this type of monopoly isn't allowed to form up.
It's a troll vs troll fight. Remember the Samsung lawsuit over rounded corners? I think it's high time Apple got to cough up some too.
Require "industry standards" to be:
0). Approved by the FCC AND
a). Based on royalty-free technology OR
b). State a simple, VOLUME-BASED royalty structure.
The more devices you sell, the more you pay - perhaps on a regressive scale. The price of the device should be irrelevant. Pay patent owners based on what THEY are selling not the device-makers.
I dare say, that every single US company is going to have problems in China from now on, none will escape, and any Chinese business doing any favours to a US company will earn a bad social media score. Trade wars start at the top and then spread down and end consumers also trade war ban products. It doesn't even have to be overt it will affect the psychology and judgement of all those involved, negatively. Patent and copyright cases are sure to become really messy. US no longer stands for United States not it just means Un-Suitable (one guess that the 'A' now stands for and it ain't America).
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen
As a Canadian, I can tell you that *There is no rule of law in China*. There is no independent court in China. Every court decision is a directive by the politbureau. Here is how I know. A few days ago, the US asked Canada to detain a Huawei C.F.O. for extradition. Canada did. China does not seem to realize that Canada has laws, and judges are involved, not politicians. Since that time, China has illegally detained two Canadians (the second just yesterday). Yet China keeps demanding politicians in Canada cause the release of the Huawei CFO. In Canada, politicians *CANNOT* tell judges what to do, they can only make laws. Judges are *ALWAYS* independent. But the stupid stupid stupid Chinese can't seem to get this. ...because politicians yelling at judges is *exactly* how its done in China. So when you say "Chinese company won a court ruling in China", what you really mean is "politicians want Huawei in China, not Apple", and that is all there is to know. It has nothing to do with patents, or technology. Some people might be confused, hope this clears it up.
China has no interest in the US-Russia proxy war over Iran.
As a tool to do what the Party dictates.
But you are right. It is probably inconceivable that a Canadian court could be independent of the Canadian government. Simply does not compute.
So, I keep hearing folks claim that this trade war is bad for us. Let me ask, should we instead continue to bend over and take it up the ass as China steals more IP, manipulates currency, and does more (http://www.govtech.com/security/204318661.html) cyber attacks on the U.S.? China is not our friend, and until they start acting more responsibly (South China Sea, Tibet, etc.) they should not be treated as such.
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You want -good- patents but not the -bad- kind that lead to monopoly?
A patent, by definition, is a government granted monopoly for a period of time in exchange for publicly sharing the details of the invention.
You are a complete fucking idiot.