Apple offered Samsung to buy a patent license for $ 30 for a smartphone

Apple executives testified that the company was "shocked" when Samsung released its first Galaxy phones, writes AllThingsD . But, given that the Korean company was one of its main suppliers, Apple was ready to make a deal with it.

In October 2010, Apple offered Samsung its patent portfolio, provided that a Korean company would pay $ 30 for a smartphone and $ 40 for a tablet.

" Samsung decided to use the Apple iPhone archetype and imitate it," Apple said on October 5, 2010 to Samsung . “ Apple would prefer Samsung to first request a license for this. Since Samsung is a strategic supplier of Apple , we are ready to offer a license with royalty payments for this category of devices. ”

Apple also offered Samsung a 20 percent discount if the Korean company agreed to cross-licensing its license portfolio with Apple . At the same time, Apple claimed royalties not only from Android smartphones, but also from Symbian and Bada phones.
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For 2010, according to Apple , Samsung owes Cupertino about 250 million dollars. A proposal dated October 5, 2010 was contained in a presentation that was made public on Friday:



Two months earlier, back in August 2010, Apple warned Samsung that it believed the company was copying the iPhone and violating Apple's patents. “ Apple has found dozens of examples where Android uses or encourages others to use Apple’s patented technologies , ” Apple said in August 2010 in a presentation titled “ Samsung copies the iPhone .”

Obviously, the negotiations did not lead to anything, since Apple and Samsung are now involved in a large-scale lawsuit, including a jury trial in San Jose, California. Apple is demanding more than $ 2.5 billion from Samsung , claiming the products of the Korean company are copying the iPhone and iPad , thereby violating the patents and trade dress of Apple products.

“We don’t understand how a reliable partner could have created such an imitative product,” said Boris Texler, Apple’s director of patent licensing, in court, noting that Steve Jobs and Tim Cook talked with Samsung about this issue.