> Apple also sued Nokia, but they ended up paying royalties to them anyway. The question there was never whether Apple would be paying, but how much. Given the

> Apple also sued Nokia, but they ended up paying royalties to them anyway. The question there was never whether Apple would be paying, but how much. Given the pittance (a few euros per phone) Nokia apparently ended up getting with the best mobile patent portfolio in the world, it hardly seems like a win for Nokia or a loss for Apple. More likely it was Nokia being desperate to get the cash now to make their Q2 results look a little bit better.