Three of the most important wireless innovators-Ericsson (which is continuously making headway in its 5G patent dispute with Apple), Qualcomm, and Nokia- call out Apple on its standard-essential patent (SEP) devaluation crusade. "Might makes right" is so much more convenient and profitable when you're as powerful as Apple. Unfortunately, in some contexts it is appropriate to accuse Apple of monopoly abuse, or at least to raise the question of whether that's what's happening.Įven where there is no antitrust violation, reasonable people may wonder whether Apple-almost a decade after its "thermonuclear war" on Android subsided-is now strategically interested in weakening intellectual property rights. "To leverage its market power" is the non-judgmental way to put it. The path of least resistance and maximum profitability is to leverage its market power as long as judges, lawmakers, and regulators let them get away with it. The real issue is that Apple, like any company, wants to grow as fast and as big as possible. I'd still prefer Android even if I wouldn't save a cent, but that's subjective.
There's nothing wrong with Apple making the iPhone and the iPad so attractive that customers will pay those premium prices.
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