Apple takes Ericsson to court over LTE patents

14 January, 2015
The iPhone maker is claiming that Ericsson is demanding excessive royalties for these patents.

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  • 15 Jan 2015

Anonymous, 15 Jan 2015Nobody in the telcom business does it as much as Apple has ... more'How much' was never the question.. It was apple haters not knowing the difference between a patent troll and an agressive patent bully..

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    • 15 Jan 2015

    Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015Btw.. Guess you were sleeping when your looved Samsung went... moreNobody in the telcom business does it as much as Apple has in the last 4 years...Nobody

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      • Anonymous
      • GTf
      • 15 Jan 2015

      Another day another Apple lawsuit.

      Another reason I'll never buy another Apple product.

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        • 15 Jan 2015

        Ericsson listed iPhone as one of approved office phone. I think now they are going to forbid it.

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          • 14 Jan 2015

          Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015bro will you stop saving apple's a** already?we know you &q... moreBtw.. Guess you were sleeping when your looved Samsung went crying to mommy (South Korea court) last year about Apple, Qualcomm and nVidia..

          So you need to wake up/ grow up and understand that all corporations do it.. And that suing each other is everyday business for the..

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            • 14 Jan 2015

            Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015bro will you stop saving apple's a** already?we know you &q... moreStop crying apple hater.. I'm not saving its a$$.. I don't even use a single Apple device.. I'm just telling true facts as they are..

            But fanboys like you will never see that. As I said from the very first post that Apple is a bully and agressive with patents..
            However you can't call it a patent troll.. Then even Nokia, nVidia, samsung, microsoft, google would be patent trolls.
            There is a difference between an unethical patent bully and a patent troll which you apple haters/ some fanboys can't seem to understand..

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              • 14 Jan 2015

              Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015You should stop buying from Samsung too.. They went to cour... morebro will you stop saving apple's a** already?we know you "looove" (cr)apple and their (over)priced pieces of sh*t!remove that fake facade from your eyes and realise the reality.apple was,is and always will be a patent troll and bully *cough* crybaby who will retort to its mommy (the US courts) when someone refuses to give it what it wants.

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                • 14 Jan 2015

                Go away Apple, all you are good at is winning court cases, not a good look!

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                  • Anonymous
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                  • 14 Jan 2015

                  blue.sun, 14 Jan 2015Oh, let me think. How was it, when Apple sued Samsung for b... moreI think Samsung will happily join Apple on this one.. Samsung already tried to fight a case against Ericsson.. Sadly they gave up and signed a settlement .

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 14 Jan 2015

                    AnonD-190566, 14 Jan 2015First I thought you're just being funny, but men what have ... more"Do they make the products that the patent cover? Mostly, no."
                    Guess you are the one who is smoking something..

                    The other points you mention is done be each and every manufacturer out there.. Google for it and you will get all the cases you want..
                    And still Apple doesn't fit into a patent troll category..

                    Rockstar might be a patent troll but then it was a partnership of Sony, MS, ericsson, microsoft and apple there. Not apple alone..

                    Just accept the fact that you don't know what a patent troll is..

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                      • 14 Jan 2015

                      Oh, let me think. How was it, when Apple sued Samsung for breaking his patents on rounded rectangle and slide-to-unlock? Ah, here it is, a fixed payment, plus a payment based on device price by some percent. And now, when someone does the same to them, they go to the court? Oh, come on, Apple...
                      Maybe they produce good devices, but their policy and behavior makes them absolutely unthinkable buy. I won't support such behavior.

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                        • 14 Jan 2015

                        Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015Apple is agressive and unethical when it comes to patents..... moreFirst I thought you're just being funny, but men what have you been crackin? Dont base all your claims on wikipedia, go search further. Maybe then you'll finally realize that your beloved apple is not as perfect as you thought it is.

                        Do they buy the patents? Mostly, Yes. Technology? Some, yes. Do they make the products that the patent cover? Mostly, no. Are they willing to slow innovation to enforce their patents? Hell yes. Do they sue companies that cant defend themselves? YES. Do they take aggressive legal actions in hopes of preventing competition from entering the market? Yes. Do they use older patents that are nearly outdated in order to pursue patent infringement? Yes yes.

                        And let's not forget about the infamous Rockstar.

                        Nuff said. Whatever you say next is irrelevant on my part.

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                          • 14 Jan 2015

                          Is this a joke?
                          Apple asking for reasonable price? Do they ask a reasonable for their iPhone?

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                            • 14 Jan 2015

                            Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015It doesn't matter if they invent it or not.. They hold the ... moreactually im a fanboy from HTC but that aside, i know apple are paying for patents, but you fanboys always claim "apple invented this, aplle invented that" no trhey did not, than you ifanboys should wright "apple paid samsung, aplle paid erricson etc for the invention form samsung from erricson etc" understand what i mean?

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                              • 14 Jan 2015

                              nemesh73, 14 Jan 2015it may well be, but the question was "what did apple i... moreIt doesn't matter if they invent it or not.. They hold the patent rights to the implementation they did.. With present patent laws it is as simple as that..
                              And for whatever things they use from others they are paying the royalties..

                              You think Samsung is suing nVidia because they invented anything?

                              Problem with fanboys like you is that you see only Apple suing while all the other leading manufacturers including Samsung, Sony, Motorola, Nokia have been suing each other around since ages..

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                                • 14 Jan 2015

                                Jeff, 14 Jan 2015Well they did implement the first massively successful mult... moreit may well be, but the question was "what did apple invent" thats the problem you fanboys will never understand and always will say apple invented stuff when actually apple did not invent anithing they either copyied stuff from others or they pay other firms

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                                  • 14 Jan 2015

                                  AnonD-190566, 14 Jan 2015Lol who says i need your help? Your comments are ridiculous... moreApple is agressive and unethical when it comes to patents.. But it is not a patent troll..

                                  You don't know what a patent troll is.. I gave you a link to find out what a patent troll is.. But you are clearly incapable of reading.. So you need help..

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                                    • 14 Jan 2015

                                    Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015Can you name one thing that Apple INVENTED?They still hold the IP for their version of implementation.. Whoever might have invented the techonolgy itself.. AND they manufacture devices using that implementation..

                                    So that makes them defending their profits not patent trolls..
                                    If they were NOT making the iphone and their patents were bought from some other company and they sued samsung.. That would make them a patent troll..

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                                      • 14 Jan 2015

                                      Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015You don't know anything about Ericsson do you? Btw your fav... moreI am using a Z3, don't give a shit about Samsung.

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                                        • 14 Jan 2015

                                        Anonymous, 14 Jan 2015Can you name one thing that Apple INVENTED?Well they did implement the first massively successful multitouch phone. it may not have actually been the first phone with a multitouch screen, however, it is safe to say that it's paved the way for most of the phones we see today in terms of functionality.

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