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	mikec	2009-10-24 , 18:20
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Originally Posted by allnameswereout

Thanks a lot indeed!!

How is this argued??? I mean, Apple has a huge warchest. They're quite conservative in that regard. Would this mean, that, Nokia would have gotten an advantage if Nokia was aware of Apple iPhone development? Was it perhaps an intended strategy by Apple to evade this awareness?

No it is not argued like that. Nokia make the statement that compensation should be more than the amount of license that would have been paid had Apple agreed to pay the royalties. ie There has been more value to Apple, and harm to Apples competitors (especially Nokia) as a result of everyone playing by one set of rules, and Apple by another in terms of having to bare the cost of the R&D costs for these technologies.

The example being that of market share gain.

It sounds like negotiations have gone on for some time.

Mike C
Full disclosure, I do not hold Apple or Nokia shares, but am a self confessed Linux and FOSS fanbloke.

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