Article snippet: Posted at 3:07 pm on May 2, 2017 by Seton Motley I loathe thieves. You want something – you pay for it. It really is just that simple. So when it comes to wanton thievery of the magnitude that follows – I get more than a little perturbed. Computer giant Apple is currently in a huge intellectual property dispute with tech innovation giant Qualcomm. I’m no lawyer (which perhaps affords me some additional clarity of thought which law school eradicates) – but this is pretty cut-and-dry, massive scale theft. Here’s the deal: Qualcomm has some patented items which Apple needs to make its iPhones and cellular iPads. Qualcomm and Apple negotiated an agreement – where Apple would pay Qualcomm in exchange for permission to use the patented items. Lawyers drafted contracts – and representatives from both Apple and Qualcomm signed them. End of story, right? Of course not. This is Brave New America – where even blatantly obvious obligations can and will be willfully ignored. Apple Halts License Payments to Qualcomm in ‘All-Out War’: “Apple Inc. cut off billions of dollars in payments to Qualcomm Inc., turning a contract dispute into what one analyst called an ‘all-out war’ that forced the chip supplier to slash forecasts given only days ago….Shares fell as much as 4.1 percent to $51.05 Friday morning. It was the lowest intraday price since June.” Get that? The chip supplier forced to “slash forecasts given only days ago” – is Qualcomm. Through no fault of their... Link to the full article to read more