Qualcomm forced to license its patents to other chip makers

07 November 2018
US federal court judge ruled out that the company would have to license its essential patents for making modems.

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Anonymous, 07 Nov 2018This is bullshit. Why do i have to share with others sth th... moreRead up on essential patents / FRAND.

It is very complicated but there is a purpose to why things are as they are.

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    • 07 Nov 2018

    Anonymous, 07 Nov 2018This is bullshit. Why do i have to share with others sth th... moreYou are not being forced to share as in free. You are forced to sell(license). And since it is a free market you can charge how much you want for that license. What you sell it's free for you to use, while for other it is a cost they have to take into account. So theoretically you can still have a price point advantage on the same product.

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      • 07 Nov 2018

      Stupid judgements like these are part of the reason that nobody respects U.S law. All it will do is stifle ingenuity and allow big companies to profit without the cost of research. Consumers these days do not profit from competition as evidenced by mobile phone prices from the major players.

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        • 07 Nov 2018

        Most likely Intel's interference, since their sucks

          Kiyasuriin, 07 Nov 2018I agree however it's to avoid Monopoly. You as a company ca... moreWho wouldn't want some free patents, even Elon Musk did release some, not that it did change much. Of course almost nobody share something for free in business so hopefully something so excessive helps. May others like Apple, Samsung, IBM follow...

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            • 07 Nov 2018

            Apple, apple, apple...

              Anonymous, 07 Nov 2018This is bullshit. Why do i have to share with others sth th... moreMonopoly is a bad thing for consumers. And qualcomm will still get revenue from licensing to others.

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                • 07 Nov 2018

                This will only make chinese maker stronger in grabbing their price-aware consumer.

                  Anonymous, 07 Nov 2018This is bullshit. Why do i have to share with others sth th... moreI agree however it's to avoid Monopoly. You as a company can still make stuff that are unique to you.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 07 Nov 2018

                    This is bullshit. Why do i have to share with others sth that I created.

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