Motorola Demanding 2.25% of Apple's iPhone Sales Revenue For Standard-Essential Wireless Patents
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Motorola Demanding 2.25% of Apple's iPhone Sales Revenue For Standard-Essential Wireless Patents
Yesterday, we were quite surprised when Apple had to briefly remove their 3G iOS devices from their online store in Germany.
The removal was related to the enforcement of the injunction that Motorola had won back in December that prevented the sale of 3G iOS devices that infringed on Motorola's patent.
It raised couple of questions:
1. How much royalty is Motorola demanding from Apple for the standard-essential wireless patents?
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You can enter a market and reinvent it like you did with the iPhone, but you can't reinvent the patent system, you'd think Apple would have dropped this once Steve kicked the bucket, but I guess he is even bent on taking people out from beyond the grave, even if it brings Apple down with him.
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Apple is the one being sued by motorola. Why/how would they drop this? Aside from paying billions of dollars to motorola, they have no way out but to either drop the product line completely, or fight them in the courts. There is no just dropping it.
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Wonder if motorola will start sueing other companies for using the 3G patent with out permission
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Motorola is demanding too much from apple when they should be grateful that Apple is even considering partnering up with them. Apple can do well without Motorola, but Motorola will fall behind without Apple, FACT.
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shut up Apple fanboy . I don't feel sorry for Apple they go around suing companies and people and this time they got a taste of there own practices .
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Not sure if it is high or not. To some it seems like a huge amount but that's only because of the large total of iPhones already sold. Since it's a 3G patent (not exactly sure for what though) it seems like a vital part for the phone.
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Perhaps if/when we know what Motorola charged the rest of the field we can make an informed decision about the legitimacy of a $2.08 BILLION licensing fee, without that info though there is no context and really no discussion. Speculation on my part would be this is way higher than they charged anyone else because they have the benefit of a retroactive calculation.
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I would have to agree with you Joe.I think Motorola will be under quite a bit of scrutiny when this information is released. I won't be surprised if none of the other companies were charged a dime; considering this strategy began after Apple began suing everyone.Both parties need to drop all these ridiculous law suits and allow for some reasonable competition in the industry.As for the 2 Billion dollar calculation... Fortune made a huge mistake in this one, or being I don't have exact figures I could be in error. But the lawsuit is a German one; hence the only revenue Motorola can claim the 2.25% on is that revenue acquired within the German marketplace. I would find it hard to believe that the penalty could cover global sales, as patents are awarded per country not globally. Thats why China is able to steal so many technologies from other countries. They have no patent laws protecting proprietary technology.
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But what convincing products have they made other than crap,I mean the Chinese !!!
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Prof. They make it quicker, cheaper and in higher volumes then the products they are "copying" that in itself is pretty industrious, don't you think?
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The dollar amount may seem high, but the percentage is reasonable, especially given how integral the patent is to the basic operation of the phone.Alternatively, if the 4S wasn't pulled because of it using different chips, you would think Apple would simply switch to Qualcom chips in all phones that they sell.
