In 2010, Apple offered to license iOS device patents to Samsung: $40 a tablet, $30 a phone

Apple’s lawyers may want to have another look at an ‘iPhone 4′

AllThingsD shares some pretty incredible news that in October 2010, Apple executives met with Samsung executives in hopes to settle Apple’s concerns that Samsung’s tablets and smartphones infringe Apple’s iPhone and iPad iOS device patents. According to the new filings, Apple proposed a patent licensing deal with Samsung. Apple apparently felt that a deal rather than litigation – at that time – was the best move to make. This is because of Apple and Samsung’s long-term iOS device component relationship.

Samsung chose to embrace and imitate Apple’s iPhone archetype,” Apple said in an Oct. 5, 2010 presentation to Samsung. “Apple would have preferred that Samsung request a license to do this in advance. Because Samsung is a strategic supplier to Apple, we are prepared to offer a royalty-bearing license for this category of device.

The most notable part of the new filing are the numbers: Apple wanted $40 per Samsung tablet sold and $30 per smartphone in this licensing agreement. If Samsung agreed to cross-license its applicable patents to Apple, the $40 and $30 per-unit figures would drop 20%.

As we now know, Samsung declined the offer and Apple and Samsung are fighting in a major trial this month. It will be interesting to see how much Samsung ends up having to pay Apple per device – if the price of avoiding this whole circus was warranted or not.

Source: In 2010, Apple offered to license iOS device patents to Samsung: $40 a tablet, $30 a phone | 9to5Mac | Apple Intelligence

what a steal of a price.. I cant believe samsung passed on this

even though thats an iphone 3gs in the pic but we get the point

lol major fail for the person that made the picture [pic]

I'd get Apple's whining & moaning on the whole ordeal since that TouchWiz UI is retarded and unnecessary & the reason why Sammy is in this mess

But Apple also going after that Galaxy Nexus k!lled that one sliver of a possibility that these concerns are that legitimate or whatever.

Apple knows they need to eliminate their biggest competitor which is android...since they can't do that, they're going after the biggest android vendor in sammy...

I hope the judge laughs apple out of court like those others and says if consumers were too stupid to know the different between an iphone and a galaxy series of phones...then !! em...

With android continuing to own the worldwide marketshare, and apple about to release its dumbest phone idea yet....people are too stupid to stop and say...this is dumb, why are we feeding this apple machine that gives us sub par products and dictates what we can and can't do with it

apple needs to get rid of the competition....how much does android cost [pic]

Apple..license their os...mind=blown! M$ would be in trouble if that ever happens.

Microsoft doesn't even charge that much to put it's OS on products SMH

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They're not talking about licensing the iOS software.....they're talking about licensing "iOS device" patents.

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lmaoooo