More like Samsung is going to cut a deal with Apple to give them a huge discount instead of a lump sum payout. Calm down dude, whatever jump components may see, my stock is going to see bigger revenue.
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Jury Finds Largely in Favor of Apple in Apple vs. Samsung Trial, Awards More than $1 Billion in Damages
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More like Samsung is going to cut a deal with Apple to give them a huge discount instead of a lump sum payout. Calm down dude, whatever jump components may see, my stock is going to see bigger revenue.
What? It was found to have infringed on a number of the patents:
http://live.theverge.com/apple-samsung-verdict-live/
Repeating Samsung name calling.
Look at Samsung's 130 page presentation detailing all the nuances of the iPhone UI and how superior it is to Samsung's UI and instructing how to copy it.
It is not rounded corners. Don't fall for the name calling.
Let me think about this. Does Samsung have a monopoly on these components? If not, then they can't just increase prices, because they don't have a monopoly and Apple buys elsewhere if Samsung wants to charge too much. If yes, then they can't just increase prices, because they would be abusing their monopoly and would certainly get a much higher fine.
Any other great ideas?
No, Apple will more likely charge even more for it's devices if it is able to just ban everyone else from sale.
That comes in at 33:52 of the Macworld 2007 Keynote! Love it! Wish Steve were here... it would be so great to see him and his "glow" come the mid-Sep iPhone 5 event!
Next: Out of court settlement for Google to pay fees on every Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and image of Eric.
How ya doing Eric? Sleep well.
How ya doing Eric? Sleep well.
Because in the US they deemed that Apple was allowed to copy Samsung stuff due to some funky rules.
Yes they are. And that's why there won't be any iPhone 5 for Samsung won't be able to produce all those components (including the processor) that Apple needs to produce the phone.
Samsung has motion control, they don't need pinch to zoom. Might be in their interest to do more of their own stuff going forward.
However, the German court did make Samsung put that stupid border around the Galaxy Tab. That said, they have also ruled for Motorola against Apple on some occasions.
The name of the game right now seems to be to win some cases to gain leverage, since you are bound to lose cases along the way, too.
If Steve Jobs were here, he would be inviting all his Apple fans for his open house party to celebrate his company's victory over Samsung! 
Steve, know that we are grateful and still supportive towards your company.
Samsung gained no victory. At the same time, lost more than 1 billion dollars to Apple! >
Steve, know that we are grateful and still supportive towards your company.
Samsung gained no victory. At the same time, lost more than 1 billion dollars to Apple! >
This is about stopping blatant copying. Where Android has copied, it should be reined in. It naturally has over time. But Samsung took it way over the top copying even aspects that weren't good.
i think you took the total then added the devices that made up that total.
Nah - looks like CNET reported the figures wrong.
Not sure the payout is that important though. The Samsung claims being thrown out and the Apple technical patents being upheld would appear far more damaging to both Samsung and the Android platform.
Samsung have now got nothing to threaten Apple with, whilst Apple have got some powerful patents to attack Samsung and the Android platform with.
Do you know that US software patents are only legal in the US? They are not protecting the USA. In the end its a big threat to the USA nothing else, what do you think ruling like this will do?
If this get further than this, what foreign company do you think will operate in the USA? What do you think it will do with all the factories that makes the cheap Iphone you like to buy or the cheap computers you want to buy?
What do you think if Samsung, Sony, LG and other world leading tech companies leave the USA because they se no way to do fair trade in the US? What do you think will happen, where would you get your cheap tech from, who will build it for you?
OK, we've just gotten clarification from the courthouse. Total damages assessed against Samsung: $1.05 billion
It must hurt to be a Samsung/android fan but you must be blind not to see how Samsung devices look so much like apple. And coincidentally their new store in Sydney even the colleagues resembled a Apple store. They deserve it. I like competition but not a knock off.
Well like this is a surprise being an American court
Thanks court! Your the best!!!
Funny how the rest of the world's courts see things differently....
It just means everyone will have to pay to use something invented by (or first patented by) Apple...again, it's all about competition, and apple spends alot of money on R&D so that they can stay ahead of their competition...so now all that money invested is protected, and when someone else uses something they implemented and patented, they get rightfully compensated, thus helping them keep a competitive edge in price...
Samsung has used price (cheap phones) plus copying Apple to get users onboard...they could do that because they never invested in the intellectual property design and implementation...this allowed them to undercut apple's prices, while putting out a product that they could claim was "just as good as" the iPhone...and this is what it all comes down to at the end of the day...a customer walks into a store, and wants to save $99, and the salesman says "Look at this, work and looks just like an iPhone, so why pay more for the iPhone???"...and that's essentially what this has been about...that's not fair competition...
