The $120 Smartphone Patent Tax: Patent Royalties Cost More Than The Actual Hardware In Your Phone

Techdirt
Jun. 02, 2014

The folks over at law firm WilmerHale have now released a paper, which conservatively (and thoroughly) estimates that the patent royalties that need to be paid by smartphone manufacturers currently exceeds $120 per device -- which they note is right around the price of the components themselves.

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