This isn't about the design of the phones. Most of Apples claims have been dismissed. Its about swiping left and right to see the next photo. Which is nothing to do with Samsung.
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Ban on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Smartphones in EU Set for October 13th
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You're absolutely right, nobody copied the click wheel. It was Apple's innovation. Though one could argue there are only so many thing you can do on a device with no buttons... It's absolutely ridiculous that so many devices use the spring board concept, right down to a dock on the bottom that mimics iOS. Find a better way to do it.
Mmm, you have read that trade dress allegations where dismissed?
Apple can ban all Android handsets, Galaxy gallery app is the Android one.
Thank God FORD didn't patent the steering wheel! Or did he???
1) Ford didn't invent the steering wheel.
2) A patent on the steering wheel would have expired 100 years ago.
Good to see some level headed thinking in here once in a while.
Anyone saying the patent system is a failure to innovation might want to consider the technology advances made in the last 200 years.
I know, even my Samsung i5500 (not on that list) runs that app, and I used to run the same app on my G1.
This could turn to be scary, but Google only needs to change the gallery application in order to clear the accuses.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/23/android-still-king-of-the-us-smartphone-hill-motorola-facing-a/
"Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate...accounting for 52 percent of units sold in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011. Like Android, Apple's iPhone OS (iOS) experienced slight quarterly gain rising to 29 percent in Q2"
Same sort of scenario in Europe. I guess Apple think if they can't beat them, try and physically stop them...?
"Google's Android operating system (OS) continued to dominate...accounting for 52 percent of units sold in the second quarter (Q2) of 2011. Like Android, Apple's iPhone OS (iOS) experienced slight quarterly gain rising to 29 percent in Q2"
Same sort of scenario in Europe. I guess Apple think if they can't beat them, try and physically stop them...?
So copying the designs is competitive?
If you really want a S2, just go and get it. You can hate a company all you want but these are legal and rightful complaints against a company who slavishly copied Apple designs and key technologies.
You must be hating Microsoft now because they asked ITC the other day for a ban on Motorola products. You must be hating every other company them.
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You nearly gave me a coffee / keyboard moment there. Well played.
Massive fan of early B+W silent comedies from Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd etc here.
First we had the Kubrick 2001 clip, now this frame by frame B+W thriller. What next? A patent claim referring to Steamboat Willie?
May 2011
Court Orders Samsung to Show Apple Unreleased Handsets, Tablets
August 2011
German court bars Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from sale in Europe in Apple suit (even though the court's jurisdiction was in question, the decision was made.)
August 2011
Ban on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Smartphones (this time by a Dutch court) in EU Set for October 13th
Clearly, Samsung needs to adjust their strategy and start taking Apple's patents seriously.
Yes, let's hate Apple because they're acting lawfully. Apple is evil because they're using legal mechanisms available to them (and everyone else) to protect what they see is theirs, and even worse, the courts agree with them. Unconscionable.
Court Orders Samsung to Show Apple Unreleased Handsets, Tablets
August 2011
German court bars Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from sale in Europe in Apple suit (even though the court's jurisdiction was in question, the decision was made.)
August 2011
Ban on Sale of Samsung Galaxy Smartphones (this time by a Dutch court) in EU Set for October 13th
Clearly, Samsung needs to adjust their strategy and start taking Apple's patents seriously.
Yes, let's hate Apple because they're acting lawfully. Apple is evil because they're using legal mechanisms available to them (and everyone else) to protect what they see is theirs, and even worse, the courts agree with them. Unconscionable.
Because they are too general and now being mass "produced" by large companies for the sole reason to able to sue later.
They haven't copied the design.
And, even, Samsung is not which has developed the gallery app
And hence Apple's propensity to write in performance clauses into their contracts. If Samsung say's they are delivering 100,000 units a day at 99% quality, you can bet Apple wrote into the contracts to put all liability on Samsung if they don't (we'll pay you 1Mill up front for 100,000 units [spot market price is 15 per unit quantity 100], you owe us 100,000, if it drops below 99K unuts, and you pay _us_ $15 (on a $10 part, so we can go buy it someplace else.) for every unit less than 99K .
Contracts are less iffy than patents, and in a supply chain, usually pretty fortified with performance penalties
That and they are different divisions; and I'm sure the division head of components wants to make his bonus, and really doesn't care about the division head of consumer electronics.
I like how you think Apple isn't winning.
They have the most profit, the most revenues, the highest customer satisfaction, the most developers, the most apps, the highest margins, and the highest smartphone market share.But they don't have the highest smartphone OS share, so they must be desperate.
(With a one year old model that has a widely publicized antenna issue and a two year old model.)
Norway is not part of the EU, but have some far-reaching agreements so its hard to say. My instincts say Norway is in the clear.
I like how you think Apple isn't winning.
But they don't have the highest smartphone OS share, so they must be desperate.
I didn't say anything of the sort. I am quoting a source.
That's your opinion. Mine's a bit different.
Samsung phones; their operation, design, marketing and packaging all very closely mimic the iPhone. Plenty people agree to it. As I said previously, the Ace looks very similar to the iPhone4 another devices look a lot like iPhone3G.
Please disagree as much as you can, but the copying is pretty clear.
I like how you think Apple isn't winning.
But they don't have the highest smartphone OS share, so they must be desperate.
Don't forget overall mobile OS share, and of course total domination of the tablet segment by a ridiculously wide margin. There are no cell phone contracts in the tablet market.
Unlikely (and which would be downright retarded on Samsung's part.) Unless Samsung wants to be in even more legal hot water over contractual responsibilities that go unfulfilled.
Given their recent quarterly report, they need all the business they can get.
Doesn't the Galaxy S use the stock Android Gallery app? This could overspill onto other handsets if so as the majority of them use the same Gallery app.
In another court case the Dutch court raised a question with the European court if they were allowed to judge about these international (read: EU/Europe) things. Up until now there has been no reply so the Dutch court assumes that it can. Since Norway isn't part of the EU but Europe than this means the ban also applies to them. However, if the European court says that the Dutch court isn't allowed to rule about these things than this ban does not apply to countries other than the Netherlands.
This ruling also shows that the article about the EU Design Model by osnews.com is incorrect. The court looked at the entire context and then draw conclusions. This is also a very important part of Dutch law: it is the idea and not just the text that counts. If you would only look at the text you'd get away with theft if you simply returned it. Since they look at the idea (you shouldn't take something that isn't yours and you didn't get approval for) you can be convicted anyway.
The findings from some people regarding prior art and the enquiry done by Apple are also things the court mentions in its ruling. The swipe to unlock patent is seen as invalid because of prior art in the form of the Neonode phone.