[Infowarrior] - Apple's Licensing Offer To Samsung Raises Questions About FRAND Rates

[Richard Forno]

Apple's Licensing Offer To Samsung Raises Questions About FRAND Rates and What's Behind the Attacks on Google ~pj

Monday, October 22 2012 @ 08:11 AM EDT

One of the exhibits Samsung has now made public tells an interesting tale. It's the slide presentation  [PDF] that Apple showed Samsung when it first tried (and failed) to get Samsung to license Apple's patents prior to the start of litigation. While some of the numbers were earlier reported on when the exhibit was used at trial, the slides themselves provide more data -- specifically on the difference between what Apple wanted Samsung to pay for Windows phones and for Android phones. The slides punch huge holes in Apple's FRAND arguments. Apple and Microsoft complain to regulators about FRAND rates being excessive and oppressive at approximately $6 per unit, or 2.4%; but the Apple offer was not only at a much higher rate, it targeted Android in a way that seems deliberately designed to destroy its ability to compete in the marketplace.

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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20121022054044954

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