I actually cringed at this. I'm sure eBay are running real scared right now.....
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Facebook, Google and Other Silicon Valley Companies Side with Samsung in Patent Case
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I'd love for Samsung to win this, just to see a crap load of iFans have a complete nervous breakdown over it.
Samsung won? OMG, I can't go on any longer! *jumps off building*
Samsung won? OMG, I can't go on any longer! *jumps off building*
And I think it's absolutely hilarious how people are on here writing angry letters to EBay and Google and canceling Facebook accounts, all for the love of Apple. If Apple was ever reincarnated into a person, he/she would be the second coming of Charles Manson. The power and mind control that Apple holds over its hardcore fans is absolutely frightening.
I hate them all and will not buy any of their products.
Go Apple and take them all down.
It's not all about price as you should understand.
Go Apple and take them all down.
It's not all about price as you should understand.
Of course this whole debacle stifles innovation. Competition is good, but Apple don't seem to think so.
From what I understand, it would only be a problem for Apple if another company went beyond profiteering from that product. It's all very well pasting images of Samsung/Asus/HP computers that look like Macs, but do any of them make a dent in a computer industry that is already declining?
You could take any household product design and apply the same thought process. Heck, what about televisions? Every electronics company on the planet has sold a fat black box with the same buttons and remote.
From what I understand, it would only be a problem for Apple if another company went beyond profiteering from that product. It's all very well pasting images of Samsung/Asus/HP computers that look like Macs, but do any of them make a dent in a computer industry that is already declining?
You could take any household product design and apply the same thought process. Heck, what about televisions? Every electronics company on the planet has sold a fat black box with the same buttons and remote.
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While your post may have merrit elsewhere, please read the blog post.
"They argue that any company could then be opened up to patent infringement cases for insignificant features like a specific user interface creation that only appears on a single screen of an app, therefore stifling innovation."
Basically the 'friends of the court' want the court to understand that Apple is rolling in cash and that it's unfair to not let the small fish nibble on the whale.
My word for a country that is supposed to be the home of free enterprise you sure do sound like a protectionist.
Well according to most of the posters here that should be illegal.
All companies that released a product after the original TV should have put the screen somewhere different. The Apple stance would have forced their competitors to put screens on the back bottom and sides. After that, we’d see the screen on the inside and finally a screen not even on the box itself.
I don't use them because I've gotten a lot of defective product from them in the past, but they usually are the cheapest.
I'd gladly buy a nice gaming rig where I can upgrade the parts as needed from Apple. Please let me know which one I should get if you don't mind. ...and no, my maxed out Mac Pro isn't sufficient because the two video cards in it do not have drivers that are optimized for gaming. That's why they state that they are "work class" graphics processors. Also, having two new Titan Ti's is faster than the two Amd's on the pro. (The Ti's are new, and the Firex are old) I do prefer OSX for workflow though.
Also, I have two mac minis in the basement with 20' hdmi's connected to receivers in my house, so the only basement dwellers are a couple of Mac computers. Just FYI.
We have some low cost supermarket discounters in the UK where one literally has to do a double take on the packaging due to the blatant rip-off of the established big brand names.
No one cares and none of the companies involved are beating a path to the courts either. The fact is many of these products are great value. Some of the posters on this thread really need to grow up both mentally and I suspect physically.
No mature sane person could be chewed bothering over things like this.
No one cares and none of the companies involved are beating a path to the courts either. The fact is many of these products are great value. Some of the posters on this thread really need to grow up both mentally and I suspect physically.
No mature sane person could be chewed bothering over things like this.
Big brands also rip off small companies and there is nothing the little fish can do. Remember that.
Samsung's Gold phone before the Gold iPhone 5S
The Gold iPhone 5S
Samsung's Gold phone after the Gold iPhone 5S
Wow, talk about far flung.
Personally I hate patents. Yes, it's money driven, but they only hold society at a standstill. The problem is that they've become so broad in scope they are creating patent trolls and truly stifling innovation. At this point in time the only people who are for patents already own thousands of them, or do not understand the system.
If you are truly upset, you should complain to every large corporation. Even then it won't do you any good. There's this thing called lobbying. Paying elected officials to vote in favor of your company basically. Which is legal.
Samsung's Gold phone before the Gold iPhone 5S
The Gold iPhone 5S
Samsung's Gold phone after the Gold iPhone 5S
I'm grateful no one can patent colors. I'm surprised they can't, but extremely grateful. After all, Monsanto is actually patenting life.
i wish these type lawsuits would go away. if someone has a good idea, it should not be against the law to create something similar. if something is deemed too similar, it should be handled with licensing fees. samsung makes hardware for apple, why sue a company that you do good business with? patent law needs to be reformed!
You're missing the point.
They argue that any company could then be opened up to patent infringement cases for insignificant features like a specific user interface creation that only appears on a single screen of an app, therefore stifling innovation.
Just because it's a law, doesn't mean it's right. There are some laws where if you get caught spitting (not on someone, just in general) you will get a caning. (15 lashes with a very hurtful stick).
If there are no patents in user interface. All of them will look like an iPhone.
We're currently in a world with patents, how much more they'll blatantly copy it if there aren't?