WaaWaa: Apple’s patent plea: Stop Samsung and Motorola from holding us hostage

[b4u]

Apple’s patent plea: Stop Samsung and Motorola from holding us hostage

Apple’s letter to ETSI carries absolutely no authority. Apple’s UK subsidiary is just one member of ETSI, along with more than 700 other companies and subsidiaries. And Apple apparently isn’t currently interested in making its claims of FRAND abuse public: The company wrote its proposal all the way back in November, well before Motorola’s current successes against the company in Mannheim. If Apple wanted to raise a public stink about FRAND licensing, it’s going about it all wrong. The letter to ETSI never mentions Motorola or Samsung by name, and Apple’s proposed framework for FRAND licensing would apply to Apple as well as all other ETSI members.

In the meantime, Motorola and Samsung are likely to continue pressing their infringement cases against Apple in Mannheim, which is a particularly favorable venue for them thanks to some quirks of German intellectual property law. The next move will likely come from Motorola in a few weeks, which will attempt to (once again) prevent Apple from selling allegedly-infringing iOS products in Germany.

Apple sue anyone and everyone at every opportunity and now they cry after a few losses....boohoo

 

[djk]

Let's go back in time. Just a mere six months ago.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-patents-attack-android.html

A smartphone might involve as many as 250,000 (largely questionable) patent claims, and our competitors want to impose a “tax” for these dubious patents that makes Android devices more expensive for consumers. They want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices. Instead of competing by building new features or devices, they are fighting through litigation.

Hypocrites.