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Why Apple will rule the PC Tablet in years to come.
Apple’s deal with the devil
The tablet tussle in Australia may be over for now, but Apple has hit the news over the weekend for another patent-related matter, after reportedly handing over a couple of valuable patents to Digitude Innovations, a renowned patent troll, in April. Digitude, backed by private equity firm Altitude Capital Partners, is in the business of obtaining patents for the purpose of suing other companies for royalties, rather than making products, and there is talk the company and Apple may have signed an agreement to gain immunity against attacks from Digitude.
Digitude is using the mobile patents in its campaign against a host of tech outfits, including Amazon, HTC, LG, Nokia, RIM, Samsung, and Sony, but Apple is not on the list. According to VentureBeat the reprieve is a result of a cross-licensing deal that gave Digitude the necessary firepower to attack Apple’s rivals at the International Trade Commission.
The dealmaking with Digitude is believed to have taken place in April, when the company announced that it had reached a strategic partnership with one of the world's leading consumer electronics companies. The name of the electronics heavyweight wasn’t disclosed at the time but Tech Crunch reports the company in question was Apple which transferred ownership of its patent to a shell company called Cliff Island LLC.
Outfits like Digitude are widely seen as enemies of the innovation market so the question is why would Apple willingly shake hands with the devil?
Well, the deal does see Apple taken off Digitude’s hit list and there is some suggestion that Apple is using Digitude, albeit indirectly, to make life difficult for its rivals. Another alternative scenario could be that Apple decided to hand over the patents to Digitude as part of a settlement with Digitude. It's likely the truth may be somewhere in the middle. Apple isn’t exactly shy about going to the courts, especially when patents are involved, but faced with Digitude’s ransom note the tech giant may have seen this as an opportunity to raise another headache for its rivals in the smartphone market.