Is it really a monopoly if everyone else is pants?
Qualcomm: Chinese patent licensees still aren't playing fair
Qualcomm finished its 2014 fiscal year showing strong profit growth, but it cautioned investors that its ongoing disputes with Chinese customers and regulators could affect its results in the coming year. The mobile chipmaker's revenues for the fourth quarter were $6.69bn, up 3 per cent from the year-ago period. Unfortunately …
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Thursday 6th November 2014 08:17 GMT Anonymous Coward
"Those dodgy dealings"
The patent system itself is a corrupt qango maintained to enforce US corporate dominance.
It is virtually impossible for the little man to enter, fight, or defend anything in the patent game without already being part of a large corporation. Its bullshit plain and simple, and I salute anyone who isn't paying what they "owe".
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Thursday 6th November 2014 08:22 GMT Anonymous Coward
'Qualcomm kills ARM'
That is my headline.
They have such a monopoly that they even get away with not using high end ARM chips killing consumer choice.
If it was Qualcomm who had given us Big.Little, not Samsung (SamDung for the compliant US press) then better CPU choice and progress would be made.