Samsung Fined $15 Billion for Using Standard-Essential Patents Against Apple

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  1. News Bot iFans.com News

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    News Bot, Dec 28, 2012
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  2. Nandroid Well-Known Member

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    Here we go again.

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  3. _JKK_ Front Page Reporter

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    Also worth noting that Apple recently acquired a patent on its SIM card technology. Since a SIM card is necessary for a phone to interface with a network under the current technological constraints we have, the standards-essential patents clauses apply to it. In other words, Apple can't use it offensively, or risk having it invalidated and fined.

    So the media was wrong. It wasn't a "key" patent at all. Just throwing this in, since they are related.
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  4. Tkf1 Community Development Team

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    Please change the title. They haven't been fined yet. They could be fined as the source suggests. I cannot find another source listing an actual fine being given out.
    Tkf1, Dec 28, 2012
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    Yay... i patent system that isnt broken like the US :/
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  6. Zyiros Well-Known Member

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    Samsung should really give up.
    Zyiros, Dec 28, 2012
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  7. loc_luke Well-Known Member

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    Smh. Samsung forever!!!!
    loc_luke, Dec 28, 2012
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  8. GrygrFlzr Active Member

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    I thought this was about the LTE threat Samsung made towards Apple.
    GrygrFlzr, Dec 28, 2012
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  9. Nandroid Well-Known Member

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    One of the biggest giants in the industry should give up? Just because they aren't Apple, doesn't mean they aren't succeeding.

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  10. Zyiros Well-Known Member

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    I did not say they were a bad company. I'm just sick of the patent wars. Apple is also ridiculous...trying to patent a phone with rounded corners is outrageous.
    Zyiros, Dec 28, 2012
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