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You're not our FRAND any more, Apple tells Qualcomm: iGiant and pals lob $30bn sueball

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Re: Dumb questoin.....

> They double dip

1) QTC and QTL are two separate businesses and 2) QC's patent portfolio goes beyond what's embedded in their baseband chips that becomes exhausted after first sales.

>They want a % of the product price.

Don't understand why I keep hearing this asinine argument. There is nothing un-FRAND about a percentage licensing model. It's a fairly common licensing practice in many different industries -- the one that accepted and practiced by the wireless industry for two decades.

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