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For the standards, the patents would almost assuredly fall under FRAND licensing terms (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory). Apple would still have to pa
by mdasen 9y ago
For the standards, the patents would almost assuredly fall under FRAND licensing terms (fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory). Apple would still have to pay the license fees, but they already pay those.
As it stands, Apple already pays companies like Nokia and Qualcomm (until they started withholding licensing payments as part of the dispute) for use of their wireless patents. It seems that Apple making their own chips wouldn't change that situation. They license the patents now when using 3rd party chips, they'd license the patents in the future if they made their own chips.
- tooltalk 9y agohate to be a nitpick, but Apple doesn't have a license with Qualcomm. Instead Apple chose to outsource all their manufacturing and licensing to Foxconn whose licensing with Qualcomm predates Apple's iPhone release in 2007. In this particular case, Apple instructed its suppliers to make no further payment to Qualcomm. So I guess so long as Apple iPhone are made in China by those sourcing companies, their (indirect) licensing payment to Qualcomm won't change.