But "demanded" does not reflect that this was their initial offer. Standard practice for licensing is [...]
Fair enough. However keep in mind that the argument was over a standard's essential patent where FRAND applies. The "practice for licensing" was agreed upon long before your step 1. I assume that the standard's body that issued the standard would not have accepted the patented technology as part of the standard if Motorola had not explicitly agreed to license the patent freely to all and at reasonable rates. Four billion dollars or 2.2 percent per unit does not seem at all reasonable even as a starting point for negotiation.
Profits on video and 802.11 devices are, in my opinion, razor thin. Two percent may very well be more than the total available with a consumer device. Maybe not so for Windows. But probably so for XBOX.
The whole patent war thing that seems to be the way business is done this decade sort of turns my stomach. Microsoft and Motorola/Google both need a good slap up side the head.
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But "demanded" does not reflect that this was their initial offer. Standard practice for licensing is [...]
Fair enough. However keep in mind that the argument was over a standard's essential patent where FRAND applies. The "practice for licensing" was agreed upon long before your step 1. I assume that the standard's body that issued the standard would not have accepted the patented technology as part of the standard if Motorola had not explicitly agreed to license the patent freely to all and at reasonable rates. Four billion dollars or 2.2 percent per unit does not seem at all reasonable even as a starting point for negotiation.
Profits on video and 802.11 devices are, in my opinion, razor thin. Two percent may very well be more than the total available with a consumer device. Maybe not so for Windows. But probably so for XBOX.
The whole patent war thing that seems to be the way business is done this decade sort of turns my stomach. Microsoft and Motorola/Google both need a good slap up side the head.