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IANAL but I feel this has sense. The patents focus generally on high level aspects. The chips are more and more versatile and integrates more and more features.
by reacweb 8y ago
IANAL but I feel this has sense. The patents focus generally on high level aspects. The chips are more and more versatile and integrates more and more features. As a result, a chip can be used in a way that does not violate patents but has the potential to be used in infringing ways. If you want to tax the chip maker, you have to take into account these potential uses. The development of versatile chips would be discouraged.
- tooltalk 8y agoWell, you are talking about something else. The baseband chips only handle wireless communication and these are really special purpose chips. We are not talking about Qualcomm's SOC, ie Snapdragon, GPU, AI chips, etc,.. these are not in the scope of this lawsuit (or licensing).