>Unfortunately, the judge agreed with Apple on that item. Everybody thinks that Nokia won their lawsuit since the judge awarded them a huge amount of damages. I

>Unfortunately, the judge agreed with Apple on that item. Everybody thinks that Nokia won their lawsuit since the judge awarded them a huge amount of damages. In my opinion, the whole industry lost. Cross-licenses were the standard way of dealing with the patent thicket before Apple decided to upset the cart. This is how this is supposed to work, though. Apple and Nokia attempted to negotiate for a while, and could not come to an agreement. That's what prompted the lawsuit. The judgement was over two things: 1. Whether or not Apple violated Nokia's patents(which they were found guilty of). 2. Whether or not Nokia's terms to apple were in-line with FRAND(which they were found not). Since the two could not come to an agreement, they had to use the courts to decide.