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Still not listing a single verifiable fact! Still avoiding answering!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 10:06 PM EST
Samsung has used FRAND patents in a defensive manner. I don't
believe they have used them in anyway other than counter
claims. If you can cite one case in which they didn't use
them in a counter claim, please do. There is no reason that
Samsung should not be able to defend themselves with their
entire patent portfolio.

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Still not listing a single verifiable fact! Still avoiding answering!
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 10:50 PM EST
So you dont believe that injunctions should be allowed for
FRAND patents, so what exactly, would you say is the benefit
of having a patent in a FRAND pool then if anyone can abuse it
and nothing happens? Sounds like an illogical choice to make.

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when an legal, aka monetary, remedy, would suffice
Authored by: Wol on Thursday, December 13 2012 @ 10:32 AM EST
You STILL don't get it.

If Apple refuse to get a licence, and Samsung aren't allowed to get an
injunction, WHAT LEGAL REMEDY IS THERE?

THAT is your FRAND abuse - companies don't bother to get a licence, and the poor
victims, the patent owners, HAVE NO REMEDY AVAILABLE!

Apple and MS are the prime examples of this sort of abuse.

We really should stop feeding the troll ...

Cheers,
Wol

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Still not listing a single verifiable fact! Still avoiding answering!
Authored by: ukjaybrat on Thursday, December 13 2012 @ 01:32 PM EST
First, I have identified what I think is "FRAND abuse" (which consists of two actions- either seeking an injunction for a FRAND patents, which I don't believe should be allowed by law, since the applicable standards for injunctions wouldn't cover it when an legal, aka monetary, remedy, would suffice; second, cutting off, refusing to license, or bargaining in bad faith in
I'm going to address this statement one piece at a time:
seeking an injunction for a FRAND patents, which I don't believe should be allowed by law
It doesn't matter what you believe. The law states that injunctive relief is a valid result from SEP infringement.
cutting off, refusing to license, or bargaining in bad faith in
Can you show me where Motorola is "cutting off" "refusing to license" or "bargaining in bad faith" ?

because from what i can tell, after apple and ms were already using the patents in question, motorola started with an openning bid in an attempt to open negotiations. then apple and ms both decided not to negotiate, and instead took moto to court. Where in any of that does it say that moto was "cutting off", "refusing to license" or "bargaining in bad faith" with Apple or MS? Therefore, based on YOUR DEFINITION of what YOU THINK FRAND abuse is... Motorola's use of its SEPs does NOT fall under that category.

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IANAL

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