 KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | are they stealing the chips? what im trying to figure out in these kinds of cases, if they are using Broadcom chips that means they are paying Broadcom because well they have to purchase the chips. unless they are making their own copies of the chips or stealing them from warehouses.
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[65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports | |
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 | | | Re: are they stealing the chips? Reading this article it seems like they are using Broadcom chips but the Qtalk feature isn't included in the cost of the chip. Perhaps it's a patented feature by Broadcom and Qualcom didn't license the use of the feature so that's why they are being penalized by the court. | |
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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | Re: are they stealing the chips? I believe it has to do with patent violations. | |
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| | | | | Re: are they stealing the chips? said by EPS:I believe it has to do with patent violations. second | |
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RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | As we found out once Just because you BUY something does not give you the right to SELL/USE it. That is covered under another payment scheme. The system is kinda screwy in that way. And I gather that in some cases you have a tiered payment depending on which features of the item you have bought that you use.
So do not use the antenna of your cell phone to pick your nose, you might get sued for some patent violation since that feature was not paid for.
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| KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | Re: As we found out once well the way patent and IP rights go, GM could be sued for putting a headlight bulb in a foglight because while it might use the same S3 bulb its a different license to put it in a foglamp.
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