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So if I understand you correctly, even if someone has a meaningful valid patent and infringers on reviewing the patent agree that it is a valid patent, and even
by petegrif 15y ago
So if I understand you correctly, even if someone has a meaningful valid patent and infringers on reviewing the patent agree that it is a valid patent, and even if the licensing terms are agreed to be reasonable by both parties, even in such a case you would still consider this to be in some sense wrong because the $10 handset license (which incidentally is still ridiculously cheaper than developing your own smartphone OS) is a competitive disadvantage to smaller would be handset manufacturers or network operators, even though that wouldn't seem to be the case because everyone else supplying android phones is paying the same fee? In fact, ironically having Android available for $10 a phone is a great deal for small suppliers. You are, however, quite happy to accept trashing someone's intellectual property rights, even if they are valid, because of some imagined competitive disadvantage? That doesn't seem to me to be a coherent position or a meaningful conclusion.