Many companies copy each other...maybe add little bit of this and that...wah la....a new product.
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Apple Demands $1 Billion From Samsung for Design Patent Violations as New Damages Trial Kicks Off
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500 million for the rounded corners and
500 million for the colorful icon grid
Whatever the merits I think we can all agree it's not 1 billion in damages. Apple is being a petty disgusting patent troll.
Actually I am just not blinded by unwavering loyalty and my opinion is based on facts and reality unlike those who argue for Apple being paid when someone steals a patent of theirs while in the same breath arguing that Apple shouldn’t pay when busted for stealing a patent.
If Apple sold cars they would sue other manufacturers for making a box on wheels with steering wheel.
Thought Tim Crook said he was over petty patent trolling and lawsuits but I guess he needs another source of income after the battery throttling to force users to upgrade was exposed.
Thought Tim Crook said he was over petty patent trolling and lawsuits but I guess he needs another source of income after the battery throttling to force users to upgrade was exposed.
I couldn't care less about this. Samsung leapfrogged Apple in design in less then 2 years. Can't wait until Samsung charges them 300$ for every iPhone. I'm sure Apple will turn around and sell it to you for 2k$ "Super duper Retina."
There were touchscreen models from Nokia (e.g. 7710), but with resistive touchscreen and few apps.
Samsung would have to make a thousand phones and sell them for a million each (and that doesn't take into account the cost to build those thousand phones) just to pay off this debt!
The lawyers are loving this.
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Mate, none of them need much encouragement, if you haven't noticed...I have nothing to say to that except that it encourages companies to do illegal things, you know, to live the American Dream
We can say that now. Back then, the lay consumers do think they are similar. The aim is to create similarity and feel of the iPhone.
We can easily look at Android skins. There’s a reason most Chinese OEM skins (Vivo, Oppo, Huawei, Xiaomi, etc) follows iOS style home screen with icons instead of Google’s app drawer. And before you say Samsung is Korean, LG’s skin also follow iOS style. It’s all to create the similarities with the iPhone.
It is Samsung that won't give up. They keep appealing and will appeal (at least three more times) if the verdict goes against them.
Samsung should just say 'ok, we copied your design'.
I guestimate that this case has at least six more years to run.
Samsung is not that broke. They’re the most profitable Android OEM. Although they’re not making money as much as Apple on phones, they are far ahead of all other Android OEMs.
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Meh. Samsung is doing Apple’s tick-tock cycle now since they’re running out of ideas. Before, every year of Galaxy S had new design. No longer. S7 is the same as S6, and S9 is the same as S8. We’ll see how long Samsung can resist copying the notch.
And you apparently missed the part shortly after that where Samsung has already paid $548M, and that the Supreme Court sent the case back to the US Court of Appeals . So Samsung will possibly be getting $$ back from Apple.
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Are you talking about the $548M that Samsung has already paid Apple?
You say silly things - but this is still happening today. Almost immediately after every new iPhone launch, the same design/features seem to show up on android devices (latest one - android gets a blatant copy of the iPhone's swipe gestures).
Not sure I agree with the original settlement amount, but you can't go to court asking for exactly what you want. Same as when buying a house - you always offer slightly lower than you're willing to spend, as if you offer what you're willing to spend first time they'll try to negotiate
.LoL the reality distortion field is strong with this one.
You know I'm sure there was actually. I had a Nokia Communicator and the Sony P800/P900 but there were a couple of others I think that took the game there or thereabouts.
EDIT: Ok, so a Google search popped up one of the ones I remember, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_7710), and there were more. XDA?
People forger all the time and you can blame them especially when 2012-2018 Galaxy phones look nothing like a corresponding iphone both from a hardware perspective and a software perceptive.
Also the claim that what Samsung is today it's because they copied Apple is quite groundless.
You say silly things - but this is still happening today. Almost immediately after every new iPhone launch, the same design/features seem to show up on android devices (latest one - android gets a blatant copy of the iPhone's swipe gestures).
Not sure I agree with the original settlement amount, but you can't go to court asking for exactly what you want. Same as when buying a house - you always offer slightly lower than you're willing to spend, as if you offer what you're willing to spend first time they'll try to negotiate
Android P gestures are a blatant copy of WebOS's gestures and multitasking interface. Which is not surprised taking in consideration that WebOS's lead software designer currently works at Google.
Also the gesture controls on Android P are implemented differently. You have an universal back button which you have to tap to go back and you have to tap on a button to go to the home screen, two things which don't exist on the X.
Anyway I will be interesting to see what will iOS 12 look like. The only way foreword for Apple is to copy features from Android, things like the notifications grouping, audio slider interface would be a much welcomed improvements.
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They’re running out of ideas?
LoL let's put things into perspective. The S8 had the best design of 2017(close to it anyway, as it was praised by every single reviewer) .
It's way harder to reinvent something that it's already that good. It's simple logic.
By comparison Apple kept the same boring and uninspiring iphone 6 design for 4 generation. They only changed some elements on the back of the phones and that is it, the front remained with exactly the same look and same huge bezels for years.
I remember the easiest way to notice if somebody had an iphone 7 was to look for the missing headphone jack.
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Yeah because of Chinese people buying habits(one of the reasons iphone x was successful in China).
But it's Android so you are not limited to the stock home screen lock, you could make any of these phones look like stock Android if you want to.
And things are changing with Chinese OEMs. Not long ago Xiaomi said they want to better understand the buying requirements and habits of Europeans and how they are different in comparison to the Chinese ones(this is part of their expansion plans). Because of this they are willing to choose the Stock Android route(seen the Mi A1 officially launched in Europe last year).
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If Samsung had asked to license these technologies, Apple could have said no and these Samsung phones wouldn't even have ever existed or so differently that they would have sold so fewer products.
So for once I think Apple is right. FULL VALUE.
Steve Jobs famously said, "And we've patented the hell out of it" to applause.
If Tim Cook backs down to outright theft, then the little respect I'll have left for him will be gone and Steve Jobs will roll over in his grave.
So for once I think Apple is right. FULL VALUE.
Steve Jobs famously said, "And we've patented the hell out of it" to applause.
If Tim Cook backs down to outright theft, then the little respect I'll have left for him will be gone and Steve Jobs will roll over in his grave.
Samsung has been better as of late about ripping off Apple's design, but at the time it was pretty blatant. I mean, this is how Samsung built who they are today, quickly copying design trends of other companies. I don't blame Apple for going after them, it comes down to principle in their eyes.
Out of curiosity, what technologies do you even speak of? Since when is a rounded corner considered "technology"?
On a side note, I wonder what is the flavor of the day for some of the folks sippin' on the Apple Kool-aid.
Someone should patent the shoe, and sue every single shoe manufacturer. Now take this example, replace the word shoe, with literally any possible tangible/intangible thing you can possibly think of. This is Apple logic for you guys.
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Corporations are "legal organisms" that have lifespans longer than human lives. It would not matter if this took 100 years to litigate as long as the companies do not go bankrupt.
