特許のイバラ（Patent Thicket）

Apple told Samsung it owns a “thicket of patents” and would license only “lower level patents” | FOSS Patents

The only way one can get a deal with Apple that relates to all of its patents is a cross-license. However, Samsung is, on the current basis, rather unlikely to win injunctions against Apple. It may not obtain any at all, or just some that don’t have enough strategic impact to force Apple into an all-encompassing cross-license agreement.

It’s not surprising that Samsung pursues a multi-platform strategy. However, without a backer with a powerful patent portfolio behind them, any other platforms may also draw Apple’s ire at some point, though Apple’s enforcement activities are exclusively focused on Android so far.

‘Thicket of patents’ | The Loop

Apple to Samsung during negotiations.

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