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the video compression patent is part of a standards package (if I remember right) and those have only minimal value. They have to be licensed to anyone on a "fa
by mark212 11y ago
the video compression patent is part of a standards package (if I remember right) and those have only minimal value. They have to be licensed to anyone on a "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" basis which means it's not that valuable. The slide-to-unlock was Apple's novelty and not part of a standard. Hence the claim that it was more valuable.
Of course now that the patent's been invalidated it's worth zero. Not several millions.
- ryao 11y agoIt is amazing that Samsung got away with patenting mathematics.