Samsung Loses Apple Patent Case
Aug 24, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rich Brome @richbrome
updated Aug 24, 2012, 7:12 PM
A jury in California today found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple's patents on both the design and functionality of the iPhone and iPad. The jury also found that Apple did not infringe on Samsung's technology patents, although they stopped short of finding those patents invalid. The jury furthermore affirmed that Apple's patents are valid and that Samsung's infringement of them was willful. The jury awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages. Phones such as the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II - and many US variants of those phones - were found to infringe. The design patents cover both hardware and interface, such as icon layout. The functionality patents cover actions such as scrolling to the end of a list, using two fingers to zoom, and tapping to zoom in on specific content on the screen. The jury did reject Apple's claims in a few instances. For example, the patent covering the shape and layout of the iPhone was found to apply to apply to the Galaxy S II for global markets and for T-Mobile, but not the AT&T and Sprint variants. In the case, Apple claimed that Samsung copied its designs, including the body and interface of the iPhone. Apple asked the court for over $2.5 billion in damages. Meanwhile, Samsung claimed that Apple is infringing on a number of technology patents, including patents covering 3G technology and playing music in the background. The case started in April 2011, and has played out in California courts since then, with the current court trial starting at the end of July.
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A good day for design in general - and the phone industry
Samsung's lack of originality extends way before the iPhone (it was a Phone Scoop April fools article years back.) If there's to be competition, it's simply not okay to just directly rip off the design of a successful product- they need to produce something *better.*
(Heck, they just launched the Galaxy note and grafted on the same cruddy faux leather onto the calendar.)
In fact, since Apple started going on the offensive, other phone manufacturers h...
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Just my humble opinion
That didn't happen.
Back in 2007, Apple did the tech world a solid and released an amazing device, but it was a device far from original. They basically took the time to take a lot of great ideas that had been tried previous and fine tuned them to the user experience and in that created something where the sum was far greater than the total of the parts.
In a nutshell they vastly improved the quality of what was out there.
Now granted maybe Samsung did try to make their ph...
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I think a lot of people forget
I love me some tasty Samsung smartphones; it's a personal preference. I love my Galaxy S III. I drooled over the SII for many years.
But overall, it's pretty clear what was happening there. I'm glad to see that they ensured they were in the clear with the SIII, but come on guys. Even without records of internal e-mails and such, it was pretty clear from the outside.
Regardless of your opinion of patent laws, copying is not innovation. There can be arguments made in support of the idea that patent laws and the resulting lawsuits can unfairly suppress competition and hold other companies back, but a truly innovative product shouldn't have to rely on previous invent...
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Future for Galaxy Owners
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Iphone and Galaxy totally different
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"Big businesses are evil!"
What do you expect from a California jury?
No surprise. The Apple mafia paid off the jurors
Samsung didn't do anything to Apple
Even if everything they are accusing Samsung off is 100% true, Samsung did nothing more than follow Apple's own business plan.....Apple got what they deserved....
