These patents aren't cheap to develop or obvious. Of all the tech patents that are out there, high bandwidth and low latency communication is the hardest to de

These patents aren't cheap to develop or obvious. Of all the tech patents that are out there, high bandwidth and low latency communication is the hardest to develop. Apple is sitting on a mountain of cash, Qualcomm is absolutely in their right to charge them at the threshold it would take to develop an alternative. In terms of "good to society" it's hard to say what expiration date is the optimal one at maximizing innovation over all possible futures. I think it's probably greater then 0, but below 100 years.