tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post5709117174346246761..comments2024-03-23T10:55:30.196-05:00Comments on Cold Fusion Guy: Apple v. Samsung: Good for Apple, Bad for Consumers?Jim Peethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981669.post-6865661911570036682012-08-26T07:24:50.331-05:002012-08-26T07:24:50.331-05:00Interesting follow-on article: Samsung Loses Strat...Interesting follow-on article: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444327204577612951560958304.html" rel="nofollow">Samsung Loses Strategic Gamble in U.S.</a>:<br /><br /><i>But the damage amount represents a lost gamble by Samsung executives, who, trial testimony revealed, rejected an offer by Apple in 2010 to license smartphone and tablet PC patents for a royalty fee of $24 per unit.<br /><br />Based on the 21.3 million smartphones and 1.4 million tablet PCs Samsung has sold in the U.S. that infringed the Apple patents, the South Korean company would have paid $681 million to Apple so far had it accepted the licensing offer.</i>Jim Peethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649414726939918803noreply@blogger.com