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The Apple Qualcomm exclusivity agreement expired in 2016. So this doesn’t help Apple at all, except to the extent it sways public opinion on their worldwide lit
by mercutio2 9y ago
The Apple Qualcomm exclusivity agreement expired in 2016. So this doesn’t help Apple at all, except to the extent it sways public opinion on their worldwide litigation over Qualcomm’s sketchy not-really-FRAND approach of charging a percentage of the final device price, rather than a fixed price per chip.
- chris_wot 9y agoThat’s very interesting, I didn’t know that. What does FRAND mean?
- mercutio2 9y agoFair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory. Rights holders generally have to agree to license their patents on FRAND terms to get their technology included in wireless standards, in this case CDMA and LTE. Qualcomm’s license pricing is, unusually in the industry, a percentage of the final retail price of the final device. Apple’s argument is that this is not, in fact, a reasonable and non-discriminatory price for a license to use Qualcomm’s patents.