Not a good sign that they began by naming the NEW Surface after their end-table-with-a-wall-socket flop. Recycling a name on a product that's supposed to be your turn around? It would be identical to Apple naming the iPad as The Newton.
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Apple Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales in U.S.
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Not a good sign that they began by naming the NEW Surface after their end-table-with-a-wall-socket flop. Recycling a name on a product that's supposed to be your turn around? It would be identical to Apple naming the iPad as The Newton.
And then Apple go and steal Samsung technical data methods along with lots of different parts of Android. I bet Steve would love the egg on his face.
People love to throw the pull down notifications menu into the mix. But name something else Apple has "stolen" from Android. We all know hind site is 20/20. Smartphones before, and after, just like tablets before and after iOS look dramatically different, and Apple isn't going to stand for blatant thievery.
Well, he probably did, or was just being dishonest since Apple didn't have all the patents Jobs claimed.
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Nope, we're talking a patent lawsuit here too, don't try to move thar goalposts on me
. Read the reuters piece and the Apple complaint. Judge Koh today granted the injunction based on this part of the complain : So this is very much a patent lawsuit, over design patents rather than utility patents. Now what are these patents for exactly ? Unfortunately, hard to see since I don't have proper viewing software on my Mac for the USPTO office's image format and the patents themselves are mostly for drawings, as can be evidenced from D677 :
I like I that last word on the description though...
Also, take notice the complaint is against what device... the original Galaxy Tab. The 7 incher with Gingerbread, not the Honeycomb stuff.
Apple has taken a lot of what the industry built over the years, not just from Android. For every line of products they have, they have built on top of the shoulders of giants before them. You want to nitpick single features (no need to even work here, articles have been written on this subject)
That's how the industry moves forward. Someone implants an idea, people run with it, improve it, make it better, abandon it for the next best thing. That's how the iPhone came about (building on top of RIM, Microsoft, Nokia's offerings) and that's how other players and phones will be built.
Apple is playing within this sandbox, but trying to keep all the toys to themselves. Don't work that way.
Nope, we're talking a patent lawsuit here too, don't try to move thar goalposts on me
I'm not moving anything. My question has always been: What other companies has Apple sued over the way the products look? I haven't changed that question, and using your own links I still remain unconvinced.
You clearly point out with your quotes that this Samsung Galaxy thread is about how it looks. I agree with that part, that's been made clear.
The Motorolla link, however, simply says it's about "cellular technology patents" and the HTC link is more about the ban than the actual lawsuit, so it's hard to tell what that was over. In neither case do I see anything about the look of the device being mentioned.
Maybe those cases did involve issues like that when you dig deep down, but I'm not seeing that talked about in the article.
Which brings me back to my last post: If Apple has been suing other companies over the look of their devices, I haven't read about it.
I'm still willing to believe this is a journalism failure and that these articles just aren't making that fact clear. But if so, the links you provided only continue that trend.
So not only did they try to make money off Apples design for the galaxy tab. Because that flopped they will just make money of Apples iPad.
Nice work Samsung.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present you with the first rough draft of the Krasus Tab. Designed in 15 minutes by a random amateur on the internet (me) and meant to show that tablets need not look like iPads.
It may not be the prettiest thing out there, but that's not the point. If silly old me can manage that in a few spare moments, why can't the well-paid industrial designers of a global multi-million dollar company?
There's no excuse. Tablet makers should sell their products on their own merits instead of marketing it as, "It's an iPad... except cheaper!"
It may not be the prettiest thing out there, but that's not the point. If silly old me can manage that in a few spare moments, why can't the well-paid industrial designers of a global multi-million dollar company?
There's no excuse. Tablet makers should sell their products on their own merits instead of marketing it as, "It's an iPad... except cheaper!"
And btw, for those wondering, I'm more willing to believe Samsung is wrong because of stuff like this:
http://samsungcopiesapple.tumblr.com/
(The power charger is a particular favorite of mine.)
If Apple sued other companies because their phone looked like an iPhone, I'd be a LOT more skeptical and probably side with the other company at first. Seriously, if Apple ever sued RIM or HTC because their phone "looked like" an iPhone I really think I'd side with those companies at first blush.
But with Samsung, I really feel that they've proved they're doing this on purpose. Just look at that link and tell me it's all accidental. I know the legal case isn't decided on those merits, but I'm just explaining why I come into this biased against Samsung.
http://samsungcopiesapple.tumblr.com/
(The power charger is a particular favorite of mine.)
If Apple sued other companies because their phone looked like an iPhone, I'd be a LOT more skeptical and probably side with the other company at first. Seriously, if Apple ever sued RIM or HTC because their phone "looked like" an iPhone I really think I'd side with those companies at first blush.
But with Samsung, I really feel that they've proved they're doing this on purpose. Just look at that link and tell me it's all accidental. I know the legal case isn't decided on those merits, but I'm just explaining why I come into this biased against Samsung.
LMAO !!!! are you kidding me what about Apple that is how they make their living..
You really want to go there? You want someone to name one of the plethora of things that Apple "has stolen"? I could talk about "access to camera from the unlock screen", "tab sync in Safari", the whole iCloud business with syncing contacts and content and on-the-fly system updates, "the VIP inbox concept", "Do Not Disturb mode", the upcoming "Map app with vector graphics and rotatable labels"... But what's the point? Innovation should come from a lot of sources, it shouldn't be artificially limited.
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I used to think that Apple should just let it be, a tablet has a pretty basic form and competition is a good thing, but I had little opinion about the matter. Then my sister got a Samsung smart phone and I saw the box. It gets easier to support Apple once you see the box.
Lets translate this ruling.
It means NOTHING. It is on a product that is no longer in production and Samsung is not even pushing or selling. So Apple one an injunction that is MEANING LESS.
It is on the first Galaxy tab 10.1 from last year. It does not effect the Galaxy tab 2 10.1.
MacRumors did a poor job of handling this one and left out key parts of infomation that is in the source link they got it from.
It means NOTHING. It is on a product that is no longer in production and Samsung is not even pushing or selling. So Apple one an injunction that is MEANING LESS.
It is on the first Galaxy tab 10.1 from last year. It does not effect the Galaxy tab 2 10.1.
MacRumors did a poor job of handling this one and left out key parts of infomation that is in the source link they got it from.
So not only did they try to make money off Apples design for the galaxy tab. Because that flopped they will just make money of Apples iPad.
Nice work Samsung.
Seriously, it's funny how people can be so biased...
Apple suing Samsung - a fight to protect innovation
Samsung suing Apple - cheeky bastards trying to make money on Apple
Do you really see nothing wrong with your opinion?
Whoa, look what they did with the Mini.
I thought I couldn't have any less respect for them untill I saw that. Amazing
Right? People keep saying "Well a tablet has to be a rectangle!"
Boy, if that's all it was then yeah, I'd be opposed to Apple too. But there's clearly so much more going on there.
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Now, since you didn't define "particular issue", I thought it to mean iPad patents. Sorry if I was too broad in my interpretation of your "particular".
What's amusing - that is if this situation was reversed - it would seriously impeded Apple's business because their refresh rate is most always longer.
In other news - Samsung has already filed an appeal.
In other news - Samsung has already filed an appeal.