U.S. Ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales Goes into Effect as Apple Posts Bond

[blackhand1001]

I agree with these copies and don't see why Mercedes isn't suing Hyundai for exact copy of new Mercedes looks wise when debadged you think it's Mercedes.
Samsung itself is big company and it's really sad that they can't come up with their own ideas. Why didn't they have any of these touch screen phones before iphone. Why does Samsung copy apple so much that it even 100% copies the packaging and the power cords. Is samsung that dumb that they can't even come up with with their own box for the phones they try to say are better than original iPhone,iPad etc.

Apple can't sue someone just because their product looks similar in shape but can when that company tries to mimic the exact copy looks wise. All that apple should do is show the judge Samsungs Tab's box that it comes in and they should win

The new sonata doesn't really look like a mercedes. In fact they have set the trend for the shape of most of the upcoming mid size vehicles. The previous generation sonata didn't look like one either. The one before that had a tiny bit of resemblance but it wasn't an exact copy either.

Ironically, there's quite a bit of resemblance between this Mercedes and the early 2000's Taurus.

 

[Kreten]

You didn't really understand my post at all.

The consumer (who's point I was putting across) doesn't give a rats ass what the lawsuit is about. All the consumer knows is that its yet another 'Apple gets Samsung product banned' lawsuit.

Its old, its pathetic. Whats even more stupid is that this is an old model and its been changed in later models to avoid such infringement.

The point here is that Apple is using a bunch of VERY ambiguous patents to stop competition. This hurts the consumer.

Competition? Ok so if we were in school and I was copying all of your answers and putting my name on paper the teacher or you can't do anything about it? As I have my own name on it and did it in my handwriting?

They should sue Samsung for stealing the idea and innovation as it took years to come up with it. Only apple products I own are iPhones yet when I see someone trying to say their Samsung phone is better than mine I ask them isn't that a cheap copy of my phone.

Samsung should get sued and hopefully lose for 98% copying Apple products and Sony TV's

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The new sonata doesn't really look like a mercedes. In fact they have set the trend for the shape of most of the upcoming mid size vehicles. The previous generation sonata didn't look like one either. The one before that had a tiny bit of resemblance but it wasn't an exact copy either.

Ironically, there's quite a bit of resemblance between this Mercedes and the early 2000's Taurus.

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It doesn't? And what's the resemblance between Taurus and Mercedes? The Fact that they are both silver? And you can't say Mercedes copies anyone as if you want to see what will be in Taurus in 10 years just buy an S Class look that up b4 speaking about it I was just giving an example

 

[Kreten]

Ah. To me, words like "mimic" and "copy" infer knock-offs, clones, exact copies. Products which take no effort, and that are meant to deceive the buyer.

Samsung wasn't trying to fool anyone into thinking their tablet was an iPad, and I suspect they had to work hard to come up with details such as icons that conveyed a similar feeling without actually infringing on Apple's trademarks for each one. (I've studied the trademarks, and Samsung isn't even close in most.)

I'm not emotionally invested in either company, but find the legal tangles interesting.

I feel like I would about a new tennis shoe style that becomes popular. Certainly everyone else is going to try to make very similar shoes, while trying not to directly infringe. It's a commonplace scenario.

In this case, however, somehow the basic shape of such a shoe got patented, not the exact product in question (which is the iPad with Home button). IMO, there's nothing uniquely ornamental about it, which is what design patents are for.

Everything about it is unique from only having one button on the face to camera placement, speaker placement, the black border around screen actual shape of it. And yeah it was soooo hard for Samsung to come up with how they are going to spell their products name on apple packaging box or how to make their phone plug exactly the same or just take apples white charger and paint it black. Simple way Samsung could of avoided this was to not have their screen borders like iPads just move it up or down a bit.

Don't you thing it took Apple 10 times more time to come up with the idea for each thing than it takes Samsung to copy it?

 

[kdarling]

Everything about it is unique from only having one button on the face to camera placement, speaker placement, the black border around screen actual shape of it.

If this is referring to my comment about patenting basic shapes, then you should probably know that the iPad design patent drawing that won the injunction had:

• NO home button
• NO camera
• NO speakers
• NO black anything

There was nothing unique. Please see another post about the same look. Half the fanboy tablet concepts in the world came up with the same design before Apple came out with the iPad.

Popularizing a design does not always mean it was uniquely invented as well.

That said, it certainly would've been easier for Samsung to modify their look a bit, like they did with the 10.1N in Germany. On the other hand, perhaps their simple modification wouldn't have been accepted by the courts until their original look-alike was first prosecuted, in order to nail down exactly what design elements Apple would claim as theirs. Hmm. Interesting thought.

 

[mooseolly]

I've banned all Samsung devices in our home


I would hate to try walk into a room to use my beloved iPad only to pickup a cheap Korean knockoff


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Exceptions made for Refrigerators.....

lol loser for that note