Apple Agrees To Pay Licensing Fees To Nokia 205
dkd903 writes "After almost two years of litigation of Nokia and Apple suing and counter-suing each other, the patent war between the two companies has come to an end. The winner of this settlement is, however, Nokia. As a part of the settlement, Apple has agreed to become a licensee of Nokia's patents. As a part of the licensing agreement, Apple has agreed to give Nokia a one-time payment and ongoing royalties. The exact terms of the agreement have not been disclosed."
Re:wait a sec (Score:3, Informative)
In all fairness, your post is misleading. Nokia was asking Apple to pay more than everyone else was paying because Apple had no IP of its own that was useful to throw into the bargaining process. Usually there is an IP swap going on as well.
Re:Here's the question...Who is next? (Score:5, Informative)
No one, everybody but Apple was already paying the licensing fee, or was a co-developer of the technology. This is part of the reason why Apple's case has been so weak.
Re:Bad news for Android makers (Score:4, Informative)
Spread some fud will ya?
Apple got sued because they didn't want to pay the licensing fees *everyone* else are paying.
Android isn't going to be sued by Nokia.
Apple is a software company? (Score:5, Informative)
Since when? They've been buidling hardware for >30 years and have thousands of hardware patents.
The whole case was that Nokia insisted on unfettered access to Apple's intellectual property as a condition of Apple implementing a global standard (which was supposed to be offered under reasonable and non-discriminatory terms).
Re:Most important info not released... (Score:4, Informative)
According to Apple:
"Apple and Nokia have agreed to drop all of our current lawsuits and enter into a license covering some of each other’s patents, but not the majority of the innovation that makes the iPhone unique"
So it seems Nokia has access to some of that portfolio, although we'll probably never know exactly what
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/technology/15nokia.html?_r=1 [nytimes.com]
Link (Score:4, Informative)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/177955-apple-launches-countersuit-vs-nokia-no-punches-pulled-in-court-documents
Which of these statements is false?:
1. GSM is a global standard.
2. Nokia agreed to F/RAND standards for licensing all patents required to implement GSM as a condition of making it a global standard
3. Nokia was insisting on disproportionate value from Apple (compared to other licensees) in exchange for the licenses to implement GSM. They wanted either far more money than they were charging other licensees, or unfettered access to Apple's intellectual property (not part of any standard) on a hundred billion dollar business.
So, who is the bully and who is the victim here?