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Supreme Court Reverses Apple's $399 Million Award in Samsung Phone Design Lawsuit [Updated With Apple Statement]
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This is why it's so important to make sure we elect the right presi....
Oh, it was 8-0...
Just thwarting those that would go off the rails on this one.
(not that I disagree with the original premise, or partial premise above, it's just that this isn't the example that should be used...)
Oh, it was 8-0...
Just thwarting those that would go off the rails on this one.
(not that I disagree with the original premise, or partial premise above, it's just that this isn't the example that should be used...)
I'm sure somehow this will all be Tim Cooks fault, Apple can't innovate any more, blah blah blah 
awesome
Guys put the apple koolaid down for a minute and think this is a win for everyone.
Guys put the apple koolaid down for a minute and think this is a win for everyone.
That SCOTUS justices appointed by 4 presidents of two different parties and confirmed by Senates of various party make-ups can unanimously decide on the same thing.
Damaging? Have you seen Apples stock prices? They seem to be doing just fine.
This case needs to just be thrown out at this point. The only people making money are the lawyers and the money is relatively inconsequential.
So why is it that Samsung's 'rectangles' use the same dimensions, curved edges, colors, materials, textures and other design elements as Apple's instead of sticking with their own designs? Surely if you reduce the design to a 'touch-screen rectangle' they (or google) could make one that doesn't look like a bootleg iPhone...
The original quote was actually:
“That great poets imitate and improve, whereas small ones steal and spoil.”
There's nothing great about plagiarism, unless one can't think for oneself.
You just can't see they haven't released anything good in the last 3 years, can you. The watch is a joke. The iPhone uses 2012 technology. The new MacBook Pros are a 'a bit thinner' version of the last ones, full of glitches. And now the 6 and 6S have a lot of issues. I know there were problems when Jobs was around, but Cook has a wrong vision for the company.
Per curium does not mean that a decision unanimous. Bush v. Gore was per curium for instance (5-4).
But you're correct that unanimous decisions are common. In recent years, they've been about half of all decisions.
I've not exactly been complimentary about Apple in recent months - the state of the Mac is genuinely concerning. But what exactly is '2012 technology' about the iPhone? Pretty sure aside from the headphone debacle for this generation, they're still widely regarded as the benchmark by which other phones are judged. Class leading camera. Blistering performance. What am I missing?
We were all happy with our phones that looked like bricks... then we had smaller bricks... followed by flip phones and we were amazed when cameras were added. Some of the flip phones even could connect to a small bit of the internet with a crappy interface. Then Apple changed everything. EVERYTHING. That's what innovation looks like. It's indistinguishable from magic when first seen.
So Samsung and all of the other companies copy Apple's innovation and extract profits. Big deal? Yes, this is a BIG deal. Too bad that the courts don't see it this way.
Patents exist to protect the costs of research, development, and innovation from companies who come up with a new idea/product and bring it to market. That's very different from patent-trolls who do nothing except file lawsuits. Patent trolls need to be stopped. Manufacturing companies who patent their research in order to make new and exciting products should be protected and should be able to realize the profits from their innovation for a finite period of time.
Just my $.02.
So Samsung and all of the other companies copy Apple's innovation and extract profits. Big deal? Yes, this is a BIG deal. Too bad that the courts don't see it this way.
Patents exist to protect the costs of research, development, and innovation from companies who come up with a new idea/product and bring it to market. That's very different from patent-trolls who do nothing except file lawsuits. Patent trolls need to be stopped. Manufacturing companies who patent their research in order to make new and exciting products should be protected and should be able to realize the profits from their innovation for a finite period of time.
Just my $.02.
So, wait, Tim Cook is responsible for Samsung's alleged infringement of Apple Products up to 2011, and then the Supreme Court's decision to clarify a portion of the law relating to patent law interpretation and remand due to errors of the lower court proceedings? Give me a break. Obama did 9/11?
I wonder if apple gets to keep the interest on the $399 million they have been sitting on. That alone represents $4 million a year at a paltry 1% interest rate. And I would suspect they are doing way better than that. So if they can string this out a couple of more years they will still win no matter what. And for samsung this is the one good new in an explosive year for them (maybe I should say implosive).
False. America's Congress is a joke. The Courts are left to work with broken laws and old statutes.
Aaahyabollah !!I'm sure somehow this will all be Tim Cooks fault, Apple can't innovate any more, blah blah blah
Samsung are not only terrible copycats; their copies are always earlier on the market these days...
Just detrimental.
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This, the headline on this article is way off. I could be wrong, but its my understanding that the Supreme Court declined to resolve whether the monetary compensation should be based off the price of the entire phone, or the price of the components impacted by the patent.
You obviously weren't in the market for a phone when the first iPhone came out?
There was nothing on the market like it when It came out in 2007..
I do like competition but everything after is a copy, same reason I won't buy windoz..
I won't reward copyists ..
With that said the current crop of dopes running Apple are really out of touch..
Like kids inheriting daddy Steve's fortune..running wild in the streets, getting high and spending daddys money.
