Adam Kos Patents are not only stolen from Apple, Apple itself also steals patents. Whether knowingly or not, at least two lawsuits have been filed against him by Ericsson. She claims that Apple has infringed 12 of her patents, including those related to 5G.
The Swedish company Ericsson has a really long history, having been established as far back as 1876. Although most mobile phone fans associate it more with its golden era in the 90s and the no less successful one after 2001, when it merged with the Sony brand, now we hear little about Ericsson. In the fall of 2011, it was announced that Sony would buy back a stake in the company, and so it happened in 2012, and the brand has continued under the Sony name since then. Of course, Ericsson continues to operate because it is still a major telecommunications company.
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Blog Foss Patents claims that Ericsson's claims are a logical consequence of Apple letting the patent licenses expire without agreeing to renew them. The first lawsuit relates to four patents, the second to another eight. According to them, Ericsson is trying to ban the import of iPhones due to alleged violations of regulations in the USA and at least in Germany, which is gradually becoming the second largest place for judging patent cases after the USA. It's about money, of course, because Ericsson demanded $5 from Apple for every iPhone sold, which Apple refused.
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And it wouldn't be Apple if it didn't retaliate. He thus escalated the situation by filing a lawsuit against Ericsson last month, in which he, on the other hand, accuses it of failing to comply with the "fair" requirement for both parties that the disputed patents be licensed under so-called FRAND terms, which stands for "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory." One of the contested patents is the 5G technology that Apple uses in its devices. After all, 5G is a very problematic technology, because of which many are willing to get involved in various lawsuits. E.g. InterDigital (a patent licensing company) has sued OPPO in the UK, India and Germany over unauthorized use of the 4G/LTE and 5G wireless standards and even the HEVC video codec standard.
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Everyone steals and robs
Recently, Apple has been rather busy with the antitrust case surrounding the App Store. Additionally, Epic Games is set to file an appeal against the original verdict this month. Strikingly, Apple argued in the Epic case that a relatively small number of unspecified patents entitles it to an allegedly reasonable 30% tax on revenue from in-app purchases, while Apple's aggregate royalty rate for standard patents is known to be close to one percent of its sales. This contradiction thus creates a significant dilemma regarding Apple's very credibility.
However, he was previously accused of stealing various patents, which he then used in his products. One of the big cases was the health monitoring technology in the Apple Watch, when Apple accused Masimo company from stealing their trade secrets. However, it is necessary to say with a hand on the heart that these are common practices not only in the technology sector, and nothing will change, no matter what the fines are. Sometimes it can pay off to steal the technology, use it and pay a fine, which can be rather ridiculous considering the sales in the end.
