Samsung Wants iPhone 4S Source Code

Samsung wants Apple’s source code for the iPhone 4S firmware so it can see if it trespasses on three Samsung wireless 3G standard-essential patents. The move is part of an attempt to get the iPhone 4S outlawed in Australia. Samsung told the Australian court that banned its own Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the country pending trial that it also wants copies of the subsidy deals Apple signed with Australian carriers Vodafone, Telstra and Optus to see if Samsung is in any way frozen out. Apple has denied any patent infringement and claims to be using the IP under the Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory doctrine via its chip purchases from Qualcomm, which has a license. Patent holders can’t double-dip.

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