| Vetteman94 said: I think Microsoft got off a little too easy on this. Now I am not saying that they should have paid the $4B or anywhere near it but it should have been alot more than the $1.8M. |
By their nature, FRAND patents aren't especially valuable. That's why they have to be bundled together with a bunch of other patents and codified into a standard. A substantial award would have emboldened future attempts to use relatively worthless patents as a bludgeon to punish and manipulate not only powerful companies like Microsoft, but new entrants in technology who could never possibly offer a cross-licensing deal or pay an unreasonable toll for all the many patent licenses they would need to get from old guard tech companies.
The court made the right decision here. Preserving the modest value that FRAND patents have and preventing MotoGoogle from undermining the entire standards system.
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