Well, there is something called FRAND which stands for *fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms*. As far as I heard, Apple is willing to pay, they just don't want to pay 2.25% that motorola is asking for. That is how Apple manage to have German court suspend the IPhone ban in Germany last week
http://allthingsd.com/20120203/apple-all-ipad-and-iphone-models-will-be-back-on-sale-online-in-germany-shortly/ “All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple’s online store in Germany shortly,” an Apple spokeswoman told *AllThingsD*. “Apple appealed this ruling because Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.” Samsung is already under EU antitrust investigation since they ask 2.4% royalties for their 3G pattern. http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/31/2760729/antitrust-samsung-frand-eu http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2012/02/google-letter-to-standards-bodies.html I am sure soon EU will do the same to Motorola if the term is not changed. PS. Google pays 12 billions for Motorola and Motorola is losing money in the midst of Mobile boom. I doubt Google can get all of its investment back. On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 08:03 -0800, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > Let's get our information from more balanced news sources than > > appleinsider.com before getting upset about something, shall we? > > The letter seems quite clear -- Google is not going to rock the boat, > but is letting the status quo ante be so that people don't have to worry > about changing circumstances. > > Of course this is a patent war between the main players. Google's > position and Apple's response seem fairly obvious and to be expected in > this dance. The history of mobile telephony is one of companies trying > to ensure their patents are made integral parts of the standards so they > can generate an income stream from all players. > > Microsoft is making money out of Android, it seems only fair that Google > make money out of iOS ! > > -- > Russel. > > ============================================================================= > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > sip:[email protected] > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
