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Pretty fair, for every $ that Apple steals from Samsung in patent BS, Samsung raises their rates to charge Apple for chips.
by rabble 14y ago
Pretty fair, for every $ that Apple steals from Samsung in patent BS, Samsung raises their rates to charge Apple for chips.
- eyevariety 14y agoDo you believe Samsung has benefited from Apple's R&D?
- bane 14y agoA better question might be to flip that around, has Apple benefited from Samsung's R&D?
- dhugiaskmak 14y agoYes. The difference is that Apple is paying Samsung for that benefit.
- AlexandrB 14y agoSupposing the answer is yes (and I'm sure it is), Apple is paying Samsung for their R&D advances by buying Samsung's chips, LCD panels, etc. Does Samsung pay any royalties to Apple for copying elements of the iPhone's design?
- drivebyacct2 14y agoThis game is boring and pointless. Does Apple pay for the elements of iOS they copied from Samsung/Motorola or Google?
- jfoutz 14y agoI know they do pay Xerox a ton for Icons. The scrollbar settlement was huge as well.
- drivebyacct2 14y agoDid Samsung buy Xerox??? (I'm kidding :])
- tsotha 14y agoThe question is whether or not you should have to pay another company for using design elements that are similar when there's no brand confusion on the part of consumers.
- bane 14y agoIt's better than passing along the costs to consumers of Samsung products.
- Terretta 14y ago> for every $ that Apple steals in patent BS A billion for aping Apple's design IP doesn't sound like much when Apple has to pay $370M over the claim that Facetime violates the use of a domain-name service to set up virtual private networks.
- jklio 14y agohttp://www.apple.com/uk/legal-judgement/ http://www.apple.com/uk/legal-judgement/