Weird. I see Samsung and Google as being the ridiculous ones here.
Abusing FRAND principles, withholding/destroying evidence, deliberately trying to confuse the jury, misleading judges that overscroll bouncing and other design patents are equivalent to standards essential patents when they clearly aren't.
Genuine question - given that the linked article quotes a judge calling the whole dispute ridiculous, and the article calls it an almost laughable amount.
I think the whole set of patent disputes is stupid, and this damage claim meets all the criteria to be called ridiculous. I mean... 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
There just is no way that any design patent is worth that.
Does near religious following of a brand really cloud judgement so badly? Read the links you posted - the first was updated to the manufacturer not Samsung did it and the rest are slathered in cult following.
> In this case, approval was not given to Anymode for the accessory to feature this official designation. We are working with Anymode to address this oversight and the product has already been removed from the Anymode sales website. The product has not been sold."
In the long run, this is actually less than Microsoft gets, of course. The MS patent deal is estimated at $15-25 per device. Last quarter, Samsung produced 50 million smartphones; at the lower rate at that run rate it would take under a year for the MS payment to exceed the speculative Apple one.
Goldman Sachs estimates Microsoft makes about 450M per year, or $3-6 per Android device sold.[1] There have been stories about them seeking royalties as high $15 per phone, but no evidence (that I know of) to support that they are getting anything close to that. It would be the highlight of their earnings if they were.
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[ 3.6 ms ] story [ 44.8 ms ] threadAbusing FRAND principles, withholding/destroying evidence, deliberately trying to confuse the jury, misleading judges that overscroll bouncing and other design patents are equivalent to standards essential patents when they clearly aren't.
Genuine question - given that the linked article quotes a judge calling the whole dispute ridiculous, and the article calls it an almost laughable amount.
I think the whole set of patent disputes is stupid, and this damage claim meets all the criteria to be called ridiculous. I mean... 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS!!!!
There just is no way that any design patent is worth that.
With stuff like; http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/with-these-ipad-smar...
and
http://www.macmixing.com/samsung-shamelessly-rips-off-the-ma...
Amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism too, given the tablet covers where made by some top shots nephew.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kun-hee#Nepotism
Did you read your own link?
[1] http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-09-29/tech/30216822...