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Qualcomm wins preliminary China import ruling against some iPhone models

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Re: Qualcomm wins preliminary China import ruling against some iPhone models

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Post by dis-sys »

entity345 wrote: post #10
dis-sys wrote: post #9

Qualcomm got this win because of two patents relate to software. For their inventors, they are probably not working on Qualcomm's core business (licensing and modem), wondering what will happen to them? An email from their superiors saying "well done and thank you", a cash bonus maybe some extra RSU, a promotion or maybe nothing? Anyone has experience on this?

Employees usually get RSUs when they get a patent filed and granted, and that's it.

For Qualcomm, it seems that you get $1500 USD when your patent is filed and another $1500 USD when granted.

I guess one can pocket more rewards once your patent is proven to be more valuable to the company. The question is how much and in what form.

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Post by ballenf »

So in some recent version of ios 12, Apple changed the way they resize photos and manage applications on screen to get around Qualcomm's patents.

It would be fascinating to see just what features on which devices are missing due to patents as opposed to the manufacturer not wanting to do it. Sure, most of the time the features can be designed in a non-infringing way, but that takes additional resources that might make the feature have a worse cost-benefit to some other less user-friendly feature.

At this point, it's really hard to see the public benefit of these types of software patents.

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Post by BonesJustice »

dash2 wrote: post #6

I wonder if this relates to the arrest of Huawei's CFO. Maybe someone who knows about the Chinese court system can say more.

The suit was filed before the latest generation of iPhones was shipping (hence they are not affected), so it definitely predates the arrest.

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Post by smitty1110 »

izacus wrote: post #8
smitty1110 wrote: post #2

"The court found Apple violated two of Qualcomm’s software patents around resizing photographs and managing applications on a touch screen." Well, that's not exactly the victory they wanted, but I think Qualcomm will take anything they can get at this point.

It's the same type of patent Apple used against Samsung in US, so it's not like they're an innocent party in this dance.

I'm not saying they are (these type of patents suck), I'm just commenting on the fact that Qualcomm really want's a court ruling on LTE modems. They want to force Apple back to the negotiating table, and IMO this ruling isn't enough.

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

exabrial wrote: post #14

> Import Ban Why not just ship locally?

iPhones are made in Chinese special export zones (SEZ) that lack taxes on imported raw components and factory machinery. The flip side is that anything made in an SEZ must be “imported” back into China since the inputs themselves were technically not imported.

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Post by ksec »

Qualcomm CEO and CFO keep talking that they are at the door step of fixing what ever differences they have with Apple, and should be done by early 2019. And yet nothing on the table suggest Apple and Qualcomm could settle without long Court Battle.

I kept thinking Qualcomm might have a Nuclear option that will force Apple to listen or at least talk into resolution. May be some software patents?

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Post by ComputerGuru »

ksec wrote: post #19

Qualcomm CEO and CFO keep talking that they are at the door step of fixing what ever differences they have with Apple, and should be done by early 2019. And yet nothing on the table suggest Apple and Qualcomm could settle without long Court Battle. I kept thinking Qualcomm might have a Nuclear option that will force Apple to listen or at least talk into resolution. May be some software patents?

> May be some software patents?

No, because that’s what this is.

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