>Apple certainly puts taxes in, but Apple never agreed to FRAND terms. Qualcomm did. That's a huge difference. Nonsense, that's a completely red herring. Ther

>Apple certainly puts taxes in, but Apple never agreed to FRAND terms. Qualcomm did. That's a huge difference. Nonsense, that's a completely red herring. There is nothing different about Qualcomm's or Apple's extortion-like rates. l Qualcomm can charge a percentage per device (or unit) if this is a widely accepted reasonable industry practice. Further, FRAND has nothing whatsoever to do with the royalty base or rates. Standard Setting Organizations, SSO's, aren't in the business of setting rates or telling their members what their basis ought to be, in part for fear that it might cross paths with regional anti-trust regulators. The IEEE has broken the tradition recently, but it's very rare for SSO to do so. Likewise, courts or regulators rarely want to set rates either -- for they understand their limits in their understanding of technology and market. Where they were exceptions (eg, Moto vs Microsoft), the courts have used the similar set of standards industry uses to charge potential licensees. Contrary to pro-Apple fanbois views, FRAND doesn't necessarily mean cheap or does it imply that Qualcomm's IPs are essentially public properties. It just means that they must be open and willing to license their IP portfolio in fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory manner to promote optimal interoperability and wide-adoption.