Google tells appeals court Apple is 'unwilling licensee', seeks injunction over FRAND patents
This article discusses how last summer's trial between Apple and Google in which both corporations appealed, Google is now claiming that Apple is refusing to pay a royalty for FRAND to Google. The article further discusses how Google is counter suing for all the wrong reasons however if Google does manage to win this it will be a big win in terms of publicity. Although Motorola sued for damages among other aspects, the main issue is the 2.25% royalty that hasn't been paid.
I think this article is very interesting given we have usually seen the main issue in cases to stop production or hurt a competitor's product. However, here we see the main issue Motorola (which is a subsidiary of Google) has is that it wants this 2.25% royalty that Apple owes them. Normally, money is such a small issue for these companies but given that royalty would be huge. Also there must also be a pride issue between these two companies, as Motorola wants things to be made right.
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Rbf_N_fsI
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Rbf_N_fsI
The royalty fee % seems to be a big reason why Apple is unwilling to pay what they owe. In a separate case dealing with Samsung, there is a 2.4% royalty rate that Apple seems far from happy about.
ReplyDeleteLike you mentioned though, these percentages can lead to very large amounts of money owed just because of the sheer number of units sold that may have infringed on patents.