While suing Samsung and Qualcomm, but also let the apple into an unexpected tangled.
Apple believes that Qualcomm should not be in accordance with the machine charges, as a chip provider, Apple believes that the purchase of Qualcomm baseband chip has covered the Qualcomm patent, Apple to the Beijing Intellectual Property Office filed an indictment, Apple believes that in view of the plaintiff Has paid the cost of the supply of the baseband processor chipset, so the plaintiff is under no obligation to pay the license fee for the patent involved, nor does it have any liability for any patent infringement that may be allegedly accused by the defendant.
That means Apple believes Qualcomm's communications patent can only cover Qualcomm's communications chips.
On the other hand, Apple and Samsung patent litigation responsibility Apple stand to their opposite:
Sunday US judge Lucy Koh (Lucy Koh) issued a command to require Samsung Apple back to court, to determine how much money Samsung owed in the end, Samsung infringement of Apple's three patents.
In December 2016, the Supreme Court reached a consensus that the product if the infringement of the design patent, the calculation of damages can only focus on the part of the equipment infringement, not necessarily the whole product.
Apple had asked the Court of Appeals to overturn the previous awards because Samsung never showed 'industrial products' that showed the whole phone.
The face of Samsung's patent infringement, and the face of Qualcomm patent disputes is different, Apple asked the court in accordance with the whole punishment.
In fact, these years has been the focus of controversy, Apple so, the mainland Development and Reform Commission, South Korea, Taiwan and other places on the high-pass antitrust investigation, have pointed out that Qualcomm in accordance with the machine charges unreasonable charges The
In fact, in accordance with the machine charges in the past has been the rules of the communications industry.
Qualcomm so, Nokia, Ericsson, Interdigital so, the new rise of Huawei, ZTE also hope that, just to Qualcomm Communications patent can not cover the entire phone as a reason not enough to change Qualcomm's business model.
In fact, the industry's views on Qualcomm patent fees, not whether Qualcomm in accordance with the machine charges, but the proportion of royalties, if the previous CDMA and WCDMA Qualcomm received 5% royalties because Qualcomm almost monopoly of the core patent, Promotion of the 5G patent portfolio, Qualcomm's patent ratio has been significantly reduced, the new rise of Huawei, ZTE, of course, hoping to share the results and benefits, and veteran patent Nokia and Ericsson do not want to give up their own rights.
Whether it is South Korea, Taiwan or the United States anti-monopoly investigation and punishment, would like to change the way Qualcomm in accordance with the machine charge model is difficult, a few years ago a lot of friends on the Development and Reform Commission penalty is too light, do not understand the industry's ecology and the difficulty, Short-term not only China Development and Reform Commission, even if the US court is also difficult to determine the Qualcomm change in accordance with the machine business model, not to mention South Korea, Taiwan.
Apple said Qualcomm should be based on chip charges just take the opportunity to bargain, Apple and Qualcomm's patent disputes will certainly be the end of the settlement, the face of Qualcomm and Samsung's different strategies, seemingly tangled, just because Apple's war angle is different Abnormal, in fact, very normal.