[StringyBob]

Without knowing more, not particularly sympathetic to either party involved here, (lawyers are good at drafting statements about how hard done by their companies are over patents infringement and royalties/damages), but qcom have done well out of e.g. cdma patents http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB112056555346377303

[_qxjp]

For those who dislike paywalls, here's a link to The Register's article: http://theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/broadcom_anti_qualcomm/

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I do believe Qualcomm patents are worth something, but if those quoted numbers are true, (Qualcomm insists on charging Apple at least five times more in payments than all the other cellular patent licensors we have agreements with combined.)

Then this is a ridiculous amount.