[vetinari]

Galaxy S3/Note/Nexus have nothing in common with Apple R&D. Just because Samsung is providing better mousetrap to the market does not mean that it is riding on Apple.

Btw, the first cellphone was made by Motorola. The first cellphone with MP3 player was made by Samsung. Is Apple riding their R&D?

[_djo_]

That's incorrect, the first cellphone with MP3 playback functionality was the Siemens SL45, introduced in 2001. I used to own one, it was a fantastic phone for its day.

The Samsung SPH-M100 (aka, the 'Uproar') was the first cellphone that could play MP3s from internal memory, as the SL45 required a MultiMediaCard, but it was beaten to the market by Siemens.

That said, this all comes down to FRAND vs non-FRAND patents all over again. I truly believe that this distinction is something that needs to be clarified or even completely removed if we're going to make any progress on patent reform.

[ThePherocity]

Of course they are, but they are paying licencing fees to use the features that they are. Otherwise they would be sued.

[warfangle]

Apple is being sued by Motorola. http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/motorolas-new-patent-lawsui...

[bane]

They were sued and the jury found the U.S. case found no violations at all.