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Right on !
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 04:36 PM EDT
Been hanging around since 2006, and in that time have not noticed any
problems with regard to any positions taken by the management !
And I'm not reluctant to sign my name.

LECanough

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

PJ- "The problem in the RAND universe is this"
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, June 28 2013 @ 02:53 AM EDT
"The problem in the RAND universe is this: there are too many allegedly
necessary patents issued. No software patents should ever issue in the first
place. So there is a mess. It's a mess across the entire patent world, not
just RAND."

So if 90+ RAND patent owners each demand 2.25% of the total sale price
of a product, for patents on a $10 chip in a $400 device, how can any
company afford to make that product?

The problem with which I agree with you is that many patents are allegedly
necessary

I agree that Apple has many ridiculous patents but I also think simple
patents where there could easily be equal alternatives, do not deserve
2.25% of final sale price.

Next thing happens, hard drive and Ram manufacturers charge MS, Apple,
and Linux end users 2.25% of the cost of their machines.

Why don't Qualcomm and the likes include all licensing fees in their celluar
chipsets? Sometime they do and sometimes they don't ?

Why can Moto reneg their Broadcom license only in regards to Apple.?

I'm all for transparent....

When standard setting organizations are given legal cartel status, don't you
think they should be regulated?

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