Apple Accuses Samsung's Version of Android and the Galaxy Note 10.1 of Infringing Patents

[Bill Killer]

Originally Posted by DJJAZZYJET

I really hope samsung loose , i extremely dislike all of their products.

Name all of their products and why you strongly dislike all of them, please.

[slimbek]

Originally Posted by jontech

btw, where's the billion dollars you owe Apple?

Tim's thinking about buying Adobe with it....

Oh please, no.
That would be the end.
The.
End.

[sazivad]

I guess I was foolish for thinking it was over.

[TsMkLg068426]

Here we go again, how many more sequels do we need for this?

[jontech]

Originally Posted by samcraig

They don't owe Apple a dime yet.

And let's try and avoid being racist. Shall we?

Korean is not a race its an ethnicity

And they are pesky, that's why I loved living there so much

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Originally Posted by slimbek

Oh please, no.
That would be the end.
The.
End.

It would be nice to have the CS6 i bought licensed for all my Macs instead of just two at a time....


I can dream can't I?

[Schmitty11]

This just in: Apple sues fruit growers for stealing company name.

[Ungibbed]

The nonsense never ends...

[Tech198]

Originally Posted by Schmitty11

This just in: Apple sues fruit growers for stealing company name.

lol... nice one ..

[yeah]

Originally Posted by Eso

I'd love to see what would happen if Samsung simply stopped supplying Apple with NAND flash memory and LCD screens.

Apple would make the best displays in the world and make the world's first super high-density flash chips.

[scoobydoo99]

Originally Posted by nutjob

Hey, Apple, suing isn't a business plan.

actually, yes it is. it's just part of good business today.

Originally Posted by ouimetnick

Just give it up Apple. You've gone to far. Spend the money on innovating. Not suing.

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Samsung and apple are babies..

Originally Posted by dlastmango

Wahhhhhhhhhh....

Originally Posted by yearofthe

Samsung and Apple
Need to stop suing each-one
This is getting old.

Originally Posted by Shrink

...reductio ad absurdum...

wow. you just aren't getting it, are you? Under U.S. patent law, if you don't "actively" defend your patent, you lose it. Apple MUST file lawsuits against infringing products in order to hold on to their patents. It is their fiduciary responsibility to stockholders to vigorously defend their IP. To NOT file these lawsuits would be negligent.

That's the legal motivation. The financial motivation (aside from the obvious potential income from wins) is that these actions interfere with the competition's ability to gain market share. Lawsuits, injunctions, etc. slow down the competition and mean more money for Apple. And yes, it is their responsibility under the law to maximize shareholder profit. That is any corporation's goal. It's not personal, it's not "petty", it's not "childish" - it's BUSINESS. Believe me, Apple is not nearly so emotionally invested in these actions as many of you seem to think.

And I agree with others...I'd rather not read about the lawsuits here on MacR....it's rather boring.

[abnorm]

Good for Apple. Samsung can keep selling their crap in Iran.

[Evoken]

Sigh...
Quite frankly I am getting tired of Apple and their incessant lawsuit nonsense.

[faroZ06]

Originally Posted by Shrink

...reductio ad absurdum...

Don't you mean "reducuntur ad absurdum"?

[rocknblogger]

Honestly I'm sick and f*^*ing tired of this. I really don't care anymore. Apple needs to concentrate on making their products the absolute best they can be. They're good now but can be a lot better. Forget about Samsung and their alleged copying. If your product is drop dead great and awesome, it's not going to make a bit of difference what Samsung does.

[Akuratyde]

Dear Apple, please just stop.

[faroZ06]

It seems like whenever someone sues for patent infringement, most people here complain that it's frivolous without even knowing the specifics of the claim. If Samsung really does copy Apple, which they really have in the past (but I don't know about this case), it's a lose-lose for Apple. Either they don't sue and get copied, or they sue and enrage the anti-government people.

I'm confused about the "stylus" thing. Does this case relate to the usage of styluses (or stylos, whatever)? That would make no sense.

[cmwade77]

Originally Posted by scoobydoo99

wow. you just aren't getting it, are you? Under U.S. patent law, if you don't "actively" defend your patent, you lose it. Apple MUST file lawsuits against infringing products in order to hold on to their patents. It is their fiduciary responsibility to stockholders to vigorously defend their IP. To NOT file these lawsuits would be negligent.

Ok, I do get that, but then the question is why aren't they suing Microsoft for the Slate? My wife saw a comercial for it and until they said it was a Microsoft product she thought it was the oddest commercial Apple had ever produced because she thought it was for the new iPad. And she is not a dummy when it comes to these things, if it can fool her, it could fool anyone.

[faroZ06]

Originally Posted by rocknblogger

If your product is drop dead great and awesome, it's not going to make a bit of difference what Samsung does.

Yeah it will. See Cisco v. Huawei. If nobody cared about copying, the copiers would always win.

[iGrip]

Originally Posted by Eso

I'd love to see what would happen if Samsung simply stopped supplying Apple with NAND flash memory and LCD screens.

Apple's stock would drop precipitously.

[samcraig]

Originally Posted by cmwade77

Ok, I do get that, but then the question is why aren't they suing Microsoft for the Slate? My wife saw a comercial for it and until they said it was a Microsoft product she thought it was the oddest commercial Apple had ever produced because she thought it was for the new iPad. And she is not a dummy when it comes to these things, if it can fool her, it could fool anyone.

We know why. Up until (now) Microsoft tablets or phones pose little threat to Apple. Samsung devices do. But I know you know that already...

[albusseverus]

Cheap at any price for Samsung. They shamelessly copy Apple, right down to stores and store-in-store displays, these days.

Samsung had to copy Apple or they'd be on the ropes like Nokia and RIM.

The jury was way too lenient with Samsung last time. Hope Apple is getting better at making its case. They don't seem to have a Jony Ive of lawyers on staff.

[iGrip]

Hey Apple: Suing is not a business plan.

Yours truly,
Wall Street

[maxwelltech]

Again? Apple, just be done with it already. You already got more money than the US government plus the compensation given by Samsung in the last trial. When are you going to be done with it!?

[faroZ06]

Originally Posted by Bill Killer

Name them all of their products and why you strongly dislike all of them, please.

I might be able to predict the reply: "All Samsung products have the Samsung logo on them."

[apolloa]

Oh My God.....

Just when I really didn't think Apple could get any worst.............

Apple Lawyers... WHATS THAT!

Random Guy... erm? it's a mirror?

Apple Lawyers... hmmm it has a flat glass front and rounded corners hmmm SUE THEM!!!! GET Koh on the line NOW!!!!!