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No, that's not what's happening here. While Qualcomm holds a lot of wireless patents and they are entitled to make money for what they have contributed, they a
by tooltalk 9y ago
No, that's not what's happening here.
While Qualcomm holds a lot of wireless patents and they are entitled to make money for what they have contributed, they also agreed to declare their patents as part of the ETSI CDMA, LTE standards. This is beneficial for Qualcomm because now everyone HAS to use and license their patents, so they have guaranteed income. But, at the same time, they are also required to license their patents at fair and reasonable terms regardless of who licensees are.
Qualcomm violated their FRAND obligations in two very blatant ways. First, they REFUSED to license their patents to competing baseband makers, like Intel, Samsung, and other baseband makers. KFTC last year also found out that Qualcomm barred Samsung from marketing and selling their own AP/baseband chips in certain market (US) for some 20 years. So it also runs a foul of US anti-trust/anti-competitive laws.
If Qualcomm wants the kind of legal patent monopoly enjoyed by pharma's for instance, they need to keep their patents proprietary, and not declare them to SSO's. Qualcomm is trying to force everyone to license their tech as SSO's standards, then break every rule they agreed to uphold to maintain their dominance.
- dave_sullivan 9y agoSorry, I'm not sure how what you said contradicts what I said (as in "No, that's not what's happening here"). It's certainly useful, specific information, but it doesn't negate my broader point.