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dipsydoodle

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10. No that's two of the HTC patents

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:56 PM

Sep 2012

Taiwanese not Korean.

Note here :

LTE patents could be next round of Apple-Samsung war: brokerage.

"Samsung already has a large portfolio of LTE patents, while HTC may have the upper hand in a U.S. suit with Apple concerning two LTE-related patents," they said.

The Korea Intellectual Property Office said South Korea-based Samsung had 819 LTE patents as of August this year, nearly twice as many as owned by Apple.

The office said Apple has only developed 44 of the 318 LTE patents it holds, with the rest bought from Canadian phone-equipment maker Nortel Networks Inc. and U.S. chip maker Freescale Semiconductor Inc. last year.

Rockstar Bidco, an intellectual property-related consortium in which Apple holds a majority stake, holds another 116 LTE patents, giving Apple a total of 434 in all.

http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201209120022

There's a note included there concerning the patents Apple bought from Nortel. I know for a fact that the amount they paid far exceeded what the administrators of Nortel had expected.

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And I'm still planning to buy a Samsung Galaxy III phone Panasonic Sep 2012 #1

You and about twice as many as have bought iPhones. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #4

C'mon Apple Store Update! Meanwhile: Massive sales of next-gen iPhone could boost U.S. GDP onehandle Sep 2012 #2

That's actually old news and has pretty much been trashed defacto7 Sep 2012 #8

What took them so long? qanda Sep 2012 #3

Don't you Missycim Sep 2012 #6

Doesn't Samsung Missycim Sep 2012 #5

They've already said they can and will.. sir pball Sep 2012 #7

A patent swap will occur. Happens all the time with tech companies. onehandle Sep 2012 #12

You got that backwards buddy...Apple pays Samsung. A lot. sir pball Sep 2012 #17

We'll see. But go ahead... Keep rooting for the foreign company. nt onehandle Sep 2012 #18

How much of Apple's products are manufactured in the US? NickB79 Sep 2012 #20

Apple has created tens of thousands of jobs in the U.S. in the last few years. onehandle Sep 2012 #21

Oh yeah? Samsung invested 13 Billion in just one Austin plant alone! Vehl Sep 2012 #24

Silicon chip manufacturing to boot. NickB79 Sep 2012 #42

Yep Vehl Sep 2012 #43

For ~15%the of their cash on hand.. sir pball Sep 2012 #29

So cubicle jobs, no manufacturing then? NickB79 Sep 2012 #41

Well that's really constructive sir pball Sep 2012 #28

No that's two of the HTC patents dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #10

(yawn) defacto7 Sep 2012 #9

sounds like a fashion show.. defacto7 Sep 2012 #11

zzzzzzzzzzz SoapBox Sep 2012 #13

I'll certainly sleep soundly, with my Apple stock's 150% value appreciation. brooklynite Sep 2012 #14

Apple - bringing work home....to China nt msongs Sep 2012 #15

Apple iPhone 5 launch: Foxconn condemned over student labour dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #16

It sounds like the schools are forcing their students into the internship. They need to be smacked alfredo Sep 2012 #19

Video ---> onehandle Sep 2012 #22

Google Voice Search/Google Now demolishes Siri Vehl Sep 2012 #27

Why must all these threads devolve into Luddites v. Techies, Apple/Andriod? DisgustipatedinCA Sep 2012 #23

Do you get your money's worth from this phone? Vehl Sep 2012 #26

Android's main lacking is in the app category. joshcryer Sep 2012 #35

Fanboyism. It's fun though. I like the drama. :) joshcryer Sep 2012 #34

Yes :D I missed out on the PC vs Mac wars of the 80s...so don't wanna miss out on the redux Vehl Sep 2012 #45

Well most all cell phones have a huge aperture like that sir pball Sep 2012 #38

It's possible to be both a techie and Luddite IDemo Sep 2012 #46

Iphone 5 is the ONLY new smartphone that is NOT HD. In other words..welcome to 2010 Apple! Vehl Sep 2012 #25

You have no idea what you are talking about. onehandle Sep 2012 #31

I Dont? please..enlighten me. Vehl Sep 2012 #32

Is this a better interpretation? sir pball Sep 2012 #36

I love my iPhone 4, not upgrading n/t We are Devo Sep 2012 #30

I'm still using the 8GB iPhone 3G....... Amaril Sep 2012 #33

There's a massive difference between the 3G and the 4. onehandle Sep 2012 #37

I work with a few urban youth sir pball Sep 2012 #39

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I don't care sakabatou Sep 2012 #44