At first I wasn't sure if this was a serious question. But after thinking about it, I started to wonder myself.

Perhaps the problem lies in not understanding what German patent law says about infringement liability if you manufacture phone parts that infringe, or simply manufacture a phone using infringing parts or just sell the phone that contains the infringing parts. Three levels of liability? I would guess each pointing the finger at the other and we have no idea how the German system treats each of them. And how does German system treat patent exhaustion? And how have our issued licenses been worded and..........

Anyone know this stuff? Opty