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Apple swallows 7 year mobile patent payments deal from Ericsson

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Re: Isn't it time...

"That technology specified within an International Standard be made free to use?"

No, it is supposed to be made available under fair and reasonable conditions. In this case, Apple and Ericcson fully agreed that Apple should pay Ericcson a reasonable amount of money; they obviously didn't quite agree how much "reasonable" is for a long time. And now, after several years, they do.

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