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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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Just an interesting question what did samsung exactly steal? Pinch too Zoom is a feature in android not anything samsung have made, neither is scrolling with your fingers.
Good thing Apple makes incredible 55 inch LED hdtvs...wait thats Samsung.
I also have a xbox and a ps3...so am I an apple, samsung, microsoft, sony, panasonic, toshiba, or hp fan because I have products from all of them.
There are other companies that make just as good if not better LED HDTVs then Samsung. You don't have to give the world's worst copy cats your money. I wouldn't.
IIRC, the F700 evidence was not excluded - Samsung did not file the evidence in time and the judge refused to allow them to file it after the deadline. The judge didn't do anything wrong here, the blame lies solely with Samsung.
I bought an HTC Desire because, frankly, it 'looked and felt like an iPhone'. Of course, I later got an iPhone and it was much better. So I suppose HTC tricked me and ripped off Apple as well.
Maybe Apple do have a point. I mean, Windows Phone is something different. You don't have to copy Apple just because.
Maybe Apple do have a point. I mean, Windows Phone is something different. You don't have to copy Apple just because.
Originally Posted by DakotaGuy
Everything Samsung builds has been copied from someone else. They have absolutely no engineering ability. A true Apple fan wouldn't have Samsung stuff sitting around the house.
I really like comments like that since a lot of the stuff inside your apple things are built by samsung
Everything Samsung builds has been copied from someone else. They have absolutely no engineering ability. A true Apple fan wouldn't have Samsung stuff sitting around the house.
I really like comments like that since a lot of the stuff inside your apple things are built by samsung
Well I give you this. The win has nothing to do with copying or money. The real Apple victory (unless overturned in an appeal) is the validation of patents. Nothing else really matters as Samsung will tweak their skin of Android and make cosmetic changes and pay whatever fine they have to pay. Water under the bridge.
Don't be surprised if they don't end up working more closely together after this is all settled.
Apple is giving their money to "the world's worst copy cats." So I think it's ok.
You buying Apple products is giving money to Samsung.
When will these types of hypocritical comments end? lol
This is total BS. This is what happens when important decisions are left with people who can't tell the difference between their earhole and their @sshole.
We are not talking about inventions. Pinch zoom, bounce back? Icons on the screen? While Samsung's patents cover communication and power savings. Actual technical inventions, not some irrelevant little software feature. It's a shame that patent offices allow obvious things to be patented and abused. Here are some more ideas that Apple might be able to patent:
"The way the user is holding the phone with the right hand"
"Conveying verbal information through sound waves to the mobile device"
Apple can't keep all competition away with lawsuits. The market is won be making a better product and right now Samsung has a better device. Just like RIM and Nokia, Apple can easily lose their lead in the next few years.
We are not talking about inventions. Pinch zoom, bounce back? Icons on the screen? While Samsung's patents cover communication and power savings. Actual technical inventions, not some irrelevant little software feature. It's a shame that patent offices allow obvious things to be patented and abused. Here are some more ideas that Apple might be able to patent:
"The way the user is holding the phone with the right hand"
"Conveying verbal information through sound waves to the mobile device"
Apple can't keep all competition away with lawsuits. The market is won be making a better product and right now Samsung has a better device. Just like RIM and Nokia, Apple can easily lose their lead in the next few years.
There is a difference between patenting Pinch to Zoom and a method of implementing Pinch to Zoom.
Oh apparently you are a fanboy. Or just mad you live in South Dakota. Who the hell lives there anyways? Cows?
Samsung is the number one TV manufacturer IN THE WORLD. With consistently high reviews.
That's what Magistrate Judge Grewal ruled and Judge Koh concluded. However, it's exactly that kind of thing that appellate courts look at. They won't look at whether the Nexus S does or does not have a bounce back feature, or whether the Tab 10.1 violates the iPad's trade dress. They will consider whether the denial of admission of evidence was permissible.
Companies? You mean two which own the HDTV market, LG and Samsung. And frankly, samsung TV's blow LG's out of the water.
If Samsung was smart right now, they should practice discriminatory pricing against Apple. Apple cannot cut Samsung from the supply chain without cutting production--which cuts forecasts. Increase the cost for your competitor to do business.