Justice Department Eying Nortel Patent Sale
This Is How I See This.
Apple has more than enough money to soley bid on such company patents to use as a competitive tool. So why form a group?
Marketshare and control.
Apple wants to dominate; not compete. Alone, they can compete within the balance of multiple competition, but not necessarily win the marketshare dominance over Android.
By suddenly forming a coalition from the remaining competition to out bid the largest mobile platform, it should not be hard to see the intentions of this. Apple does not consider the others competition. They will claim majority ownership of this purchase. Once the Nortel patents become used as an across the board standard in the industry by this allied group, marketshare of said patents will have an immense change in the...
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Marketshare and control.
Apple wants to dominate; not compete. Alone, they can compete within the balance of multiple competition, but not necessarily win the marketshare dominance over Android.
By suddenly forming a coalition from the remaining competition to out bid the largest mobile platform, it should not be hard to see the intentions of this. Apple does not consider the others competition. They will claim majority ownership of this purchase. Once the Nortel patents become used as an across the board standard in the industry by this allied group, marketshare of said patents will have an immense change in the...
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Hmm, that makes sence and would suck, but is it illegal? And what would be a better, more fair alternative?
