i***1 发帖数: 2534 | 1 http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/07/itc-judge-says-macs-i
HTC, which already owned a significant interest in S3, acquired the company just days after the ITC's July 1 ruling against Apple. It was widely speculated that HTC acquired S3 to gain a strategic advantage in its ongoing and wide-ranging legal fight with Apple over smartphone-related patents. It's clear that the new information released this week doesn't offer HTC much leverage against Apple's mobile devices, which account for nearly three-quarters of the company's revenue, though it could give HTC some indirect leverage as Macs still account for 18 percent of Apple's income. Even then, the infringement claim would only pertain to Mac models that rely exclusively on Intel integrated graphics.
Even that small leverage may turn out to be nothing at all. Litigating Apple
noted that on the very same day that an ALJ ruled that Apple infringed two
of S3's patents, the USPTO made initial determinations that the relevant
claims of the two remaining patents are also invalid due to prior art. Apple
can ask the ITC to review the infringement decision in light of the USPTO's
invalidation of those patent claims as ipso facto an invalid patent claim
cannot be infringed.
This could leave HTC, which recently claimed to be ready and willing to
negotiate with Apple, at a serious disadvantage. Apple already has an
initial win on its side, as the ITC ruled that HTC's smartphones infringe on
two of Apple's patents. Apple also has a second complaint lodged with the
ITC covering newer HTC products like its Android-based Flyer tablet, as well
as multiple federal patent infringement suits in US District Court. | i***1 发帖数: 2534 | 2 http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/07/26/htc_willin
Today, HTC CFO Winston Yung says the company may be willing to put all this
behind them and settle out of court with a licensing agreement.
A settlement will likely include a one-time royalty payment and then ongoing
licensing fees
估计这就是最后的结局了...
Apple估计也不会把HTC逼上绝路,以后HTC,三星都用windows phone 7.
让MS起来对苹果也不是啥好事. | s*****o 发帖数: 1262 | | i***1 发帖数: 2534 | 4 就是说 HTC 买的 S3的专利只对完全使用intel 显卡的MAC有效,这个比例只占苹果利
润很小的部分。同时这个专利本身也是有问题的。
所以HTC 其实没有多少和苹果讨价还价的本钱。
现在HTC 的CFO已经跳出来要求谈判了。
估计以后用安猪系统的都要向微软,苹果交license fee,可能以后还有oracle...
这也许会让很多厂家考虑windows phone 7.
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