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Apple and HTC Settle Patent Dispute, Agree to Ten Year License
- brianobush 14y agoThis doesn't sound good for Samsung. I assume this validates many of Apple's claims.
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- AtlasLion 14y agowhy would you think so? the details are not known, and HTC has some 4G patents that it was planning to use against Apple if Apple ever decides to use 4G (iPhone 5). for me this sounds more like a stalemate situation between HTC and Apple.
- brianobush 14y agoI didn't mean claims in direct terms of patent claims, but rather this action might force Samsung's hand. I didn't really know about the LTE patents, so yes, I see a stalemate situation.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThe claims don't have to be valid for this to be the right financial move for HTC to make.
- dbcooper 14y agoI wonder if this is related to HTC's licensing agreement with Microsoft for their Android phones? http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2010/apr10/04-27MSHTCPR.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2010/apr10/04-27MS... Although Samsung has some sort of agreement with Microsoft too. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2011/sep11/09-28SamsungPR.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2011/sep11/09-28Sa...
- esolyt 14y agoApple's press statement: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/11/11HTC-and-Apple-Settle-Patent-Dispute.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/11/11HTC-and-Apple-Sett...
- dbcooper 14y agoThe Verge is reporting that: HTC representative Jeff Gordon tells The Verge that the company "does not expect this license agreement to have any adverse material impact on the financials of the company". http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/10/3629376/apple-and-htc-settle-all-patent-litigation-with-10-year-license http://www.theverge.com/2012/11/10/3629376/apple-and-htc-set...
- macspoofing 14y ago$100 million and 2 years later, nothing changed. What a waste of time and money.
- beambot 14y agoIn other Apple IP-related news: They've been ordered to pay Swiss Rail $21 million for that clock design debacle http://phys.org/news/2012-11-apple-swiss-rail-21mn-clock.html http://phys.org/news/2012-11-apple-swiss-rail-21mn-clock.htm...
- vvhn 14y agoyou do know that it was settled between Apple and SBB ( which probably included the paying of this money ) and no "ordering" was done by anyone anywhere ?
- beambot 14y agoI did not. Thanks for the clarification. That's still an expensive gaffe. :-/
- jacobolus 14y agoThere are something like 400 million iPhones in the world. So that’s 5¢ per. Not trivial, but not exactly breaking Apple’s bank. In return they get a really nice clock design.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoIt is only found on iPads.
- ghshephard 14y agoWhat gaffe? I'm sure Apple has paid much greater licensing fee's to other companies for their intellectual property. What do you think it cost them to pay for "iPhone" (a cisco trademark?) Or purchasing a license for one-click-payment from amazon? Or any of hundreds of other IP purchases that Apple makes. I don't know if I would have considered the clock worth $22mm, but I do have to admit, it's beautiful. Before Apple released their clock App, I ended up paying $5.00 for an App that was roughly equivalent in functionality, though nowhere near as gorgeous. All in All - $22mm was probably seen by Apple as the right price to license one of the worlds most beautiful clock designs.
- XaspR8d 14y ago> “HTC is pleased to have resolved its dispute with Apple, so HTC can focus on innovation instead of litigation,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC. Sounds like an attempted burn on Apple, and then... > “We are glad to have reached a settlement with HTC,” said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. “We will continue to stay laser focused on product innovation.” Am I reading into this wrong or is Apple backhanding HTC in this press release?
- just2n 14y agoI don't read that, but what I did read was the CEOs of both Apple and HTC agreeing that without the worry of patent litigation that BOTH of their companies would be capable of innovating instead of fighting. I think I'll take this as an admission by both Apple and HTC that patents inhibit innovation.
- bookwormAT 14y agoI hope that's the case, but I don't think PR statements in press releases like these have any meaning at all.
- shmerl 14y agoApple understands only the logic of MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction).
- shmerl 14y agoNot sure what the downvoters tried to show, but above statement is simply self obvious. Patent aggressors (which Apple is) relent only under the threat of defensive patent action. Thus, comparison with MAD is natural and expected. Don't be disillusioned, thinking that Apple is all white and furry. It has teeth, and hides them only when scared that they'll be beaten out.
- codeulike 14y agoAfter the recent management reshuffle, could this be a sign of Apple backing away from all the patent crazyness? The article implies the settlement was two-way and not very big.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoThe relationship between htc and Apple may simply be better than between Samsung and Apple, or Google and Apple.