Apple wins lawsuit against Samsung, as jury awards $1B for patent infringement

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Fake rumor.

Some believe Apple will now do a similar thing with HTC - Although I personally feel that if they do they will have a harder time in winning.

HTC are a much smaller company than Samsung, although I totally fail to see how their products are at all like Apple's...

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Originally Posted by Recursion

HTC are a much smaller company than Samsung, although I totally fail to see how their products are at all like Apple's...

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Indeed, we'll have to see if they do it or not. I doubt it because the chances of them winning is a lot less.

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Originally Posted by Grig

Best thing about this is they paid all that money (1 billion) in 5c coins LMAO.

http://en.paperblog.com/samsung-pays...-coins-294795/

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I saw this on Reddit whilst I was developing Reditr and my brother and I had a good laugh :)

What we weren't pleased about is the fact that Samsung is in a revenge mood. I don't like any of these patent disputes because they're just hurting the consumer in the end.

Samsung loses in the US - so then Apple files for an injunction to ban 8 Samsung phones

Samsung is mad at Apple - so Samsung wants lets everyone use LTE except for Apple

Great-- so if I want an awesome phone in the future I can't have a Galaxy or an iPhone.

Apple loses in Japan:

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Samsung may have lost its war with Apple in California, but it's winning small battles elsewhere. Following the company's recent victory in its home nation of South Korea, a Tokyo court has ruled in its favor in Japan. The Nikkei reports that Apple's case dealt with a patent covering the syncing of media files between devices, and eight Galaxy-series devices sold by NTT Docomo and KDDI were alleged to have infringed.

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http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/31/32...-case-in-japan

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

I saw this on Reddit whilst I was developing Reditr and my brother and I had a good laugh :)

What we weren't pleased about is the fact that Samsung is in a revenge mood. I don't like any of these patent disputes because they're just hurting the consumer in the end.

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You can't blame them when Apple won the court battle and then want to go on and ban the phones. There hasn't been an answer as to whether or not Judge Koh is going to double or treble the money Samsung owe to Apple, so it seems a step too far and goes beyond the original patent dispute - Apple seem to want to hinder consumer choice with a ban, rather than play fair and keep the dispute between Samsung and themselves.

And these cases are all pointless if they're not going to resolve the patent system :/

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

You can't blame them when Apple won the court battle and then want to go on and ban the phones. There hasn't been an answer as to whether or not Judge Koh is going to double or treble the money Samsung owe to Apple, so it seems a step too far and goes beyond the original patent dispute - Apple seem to want to hinder consumer choice with a ban, rather than play fair and keep the dispute between Samsung and themselves.

And these cases are all pointless if they're not going to resolve the patent system :/

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At present date both companies want want the courts to impose restrictions on each others products, Apple on grounds of an assortment of patent violations and Samsung on grounds of Apple allegedly violating LTE patents in the upcoming iPhone 5 (which you can read about in my previous post).

It's stupid, and both companies actions have and will persist in hurting consumers.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

At present date both companies want want the courts to impose restrictions on each others products, Apple on grounds of an assortment of patent violations and Samsung on grounds of Apple allegedly violating LTE patents in the upcoming iPhone 5 (which you can read about in my previous post).

It's stupid, and both companies actions have and will persist in hurting consumers.

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Samsung seem to be in a mix of different reasons for being in court. The e-mails they've allegedly sent out across the company suggest they are only wanting to impose such bans because they are counter-suing Apple. The American case is one instance where they mention the reasons for their actions to go to court.

Apple on the other hand - well, it's part of their business plan to take people to court :P Jobs himself did say he wanted thermo-nuclear war with those who steal their work (Android mainly, but it seems to of set a precedent). Not that what he says makes any sense considering he also admits that great artists steal :P