Article: Apple Samsung battle continues

The latest legal battle between the world's two biggest smartphone makers is getting under way in Silicon Valley.

Lawyers for Apple and Samsung Electronics will begin picking a jury Tuesday that will decide how much Samsung owes Apple for infringing its patents.
 
Garyvdh said:
Is this still going on? What a waste of time.
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You may think so - but Apple and Samsung don't. Samsung has blatantly copied (almost) everything Apple did. Apple brought out a gold iPhone. How did Samsung response? By brining out a gold S4 a few weeks later.

Samsung need to start doing their own **** and stop watching what others are doing and just coping that. That isn;t to say Apple are without fault either.
 
Tander said:
You may think so - but Apple and Samsung don't. Samsung has blatantly copied (almost) everything Apple did. Apple brought out a gold iPhone. How did Samsung response? By brining out a gold S4 a few weeks later.

Samsung need to start doing their own **** and stop watching what others are doing and just coping that. That isn;t to say Apple are without fault either.
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Newsflash, they all copied from each other. Nothing is original anymore in this industry, it hasn't been for years.
If you think you are getting something original, then you are one of Apple's prize customers.
 
Garyvdh said:
Newsflash, they all copied from each other. Nothing is original anymore in this industry, it hasn't been for years.
If you think you are getting something original, then you are one of Apple's prize customers.
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Oh, I don't for a second think I am getting something original from Apple. That isn't why I favour their products over Samsung's offerings. For me its attention to detail and build quality above all that I like from Apple.

But having said that, patents are there for a reason. If Samsung violated them, they must be held accountable. Same goes for Apple. If they violated patens, then they too, should be held accountable. No company is above the law. The sooner Google, Samsung and Apple learn that, the better.

What I disagree with is the blatant copying from these companies. It stifles innovation and originality
 
Completely agree there. I bet they're making more $$ than most people get per year - just with this court battle.
 
Allin said:
I think Nokia brought out a gold phone years ago
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You're right. That must have been the reason Samsung did it now. And of course, HTC brought out a real gold phone (with a back-facing fingerprint scanner) so they definitely weren't looking at Apple even a bit.
 
The patent system is broken an crushes any kind of business. You cannot own an idea.

Originality stems from trying to OUT DO your competitor, not by removing any means of competing
 
STS said:
The patent system is broken an crushes any kind of business. You cannot own an idea.

Originality stems from trying to OUT DO your competitor, not by removing any means of competing
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Hmmm, from that I do see your point.
 
Tander said:
Hmmm, from that I do see your point.
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I can understand copyrighting names, logos and adverts, but pretty much anything else is restricted to the laws of physics, time and space. Apple patented a rectangle when it came to tablets - almost every piece of technology that has come out since the 90s has been rectangular. phones, PC boxes, tablets, laptops, tvs, etc.

as nobody is going to use a circular or triangular tablet, that leaves very little room in space of development of people creating competing tablets
 
STS said:
I can understand copyrighting names, logos and adverts, but pretty much anything else is restricted to the laws of physics, time and space. Apple patented a rectangle when it came to tablets - almost every piece of technology that has come out since the 90s has been rectangular. phones, PC boxes, tablets, laptops, tvs, etc.

as nobody is going to use a circular or triangular tablet, that leaves very little room in space of development of people creating competing tablets
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Now you've done it! An alarm just sounded on each and every one of JStrike's plethora of idevices. Expect some iwrath shortly. :p
:D
 
STS said:
Apple patented a rectangle when it came to tablets
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I agree with your sentiment that patens are a problem and should be abolished, but you should at least check what you say first as it discredits your other statements.
 
cerebus said:
You're right. That must have been the reason Samsung did it now. And of course, HTC brought out a real gold phone (with a back-facing fingerprint scanner) so they definitely weren't looking at Apple even a bit.
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Wait a minute.....the original Iphones where white. Then the bastids copied everyone else and made a black Iphone. How come no one sued their ass?
 
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