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Apple has won a preliminary injunction blocking the sale of Samsung's 10.1 tab |
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An interesting article.
http://news.techeye.net/hardware/sam...moled-monopoly They feel that Samsungs display technology is so far ahead of the game no one can compete with them for a good long while yet. Its possibly a chicken and the egg question. Has Samsung already refused to sell the screens or even asked far too high a price? |
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I guess you missed the other Samsung AMOLED news story that Tech Eye carried yesterday.
A sizeable portion of the technology is not Samsung's. They've licensed it. Besides, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 not having an AMOLED panel tells us everything we need to know about AMOLED panels at the moment - they are currently too expensive to produce at tablet sizes. |
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(It says they buy some materials or license the use of them. Of course an ultimate protectionist policy would be to buy the company to eventually stop use of those materials.)
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...pple_suit.html All Samsung Galaxy phones now banned in Europe, at least via the Netherlands hub. "The ruling reportedly applies to countries where one European software patent, entitled "Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management," is valid." (Samsung copied the patented 'scrolling method for browsing a picture gallery') It might sound daft but these events might help trigger wide ranging and world wide protectionism as happened in the 1930's. |
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Lol, no I'm not an Apple 'fanboy' but judging by the belittling tone of your post you seem to be an Android fanatic, and fanaticism doesn't do anyone any good.
Take a look here: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1S88DNuFgj...2B11.03.22.png As of March 2011 there were a staggering 37 active lawsuits against Android, and Apple were the litigator in only 3 of them I believe. The problem is not Apple. The problem is that Google made a decision to disregard everyone else's patents and IP rights and deal with the consequences afterwards, which has meant a lot of their hardware partners getting caught up in the fallout. Lawsuits relating to mobile phone technology and IP have been around for a lot longer than the iPhone too. Just off the top of my head I can tell you there were 11 lawsuits alone between Nokia and Qualcomm between 2005 and 2007 relating to phone technology and I'm quite sure I wouldn't have to go very far to find a lot more. |
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They are certainly using the 'splatter gun tactic'.
I imagine there are at least 37 active lawsuits against Apple too, but without as man millions available for lawyers fees. |
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Its also reported that the Apple patented 'hand signals' otherwise known as 'tapping the screen'.
So it seems gestures now have to different for each system. Maybe the BBC can get some money here in that playschool might have prior claim to some of these. |
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Dear Apple i use my nob to swipe the screen, does that count?
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This helpful graphic shows who is suing who at the moment!!!
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index...ic-of-the-day/ |
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I doubt Samsung will convince the courts but it has proven that the form factor at least existed in some guise before Apple claimed it. The picture frame does too even though it isnt a multi-touch capacitive screened device.
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(It says they buy some materials or license the use of them. Of course an ultimate protectionist policy would be to buy the company to eventually stop use of those materials.)
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...pple_suit.html All Samsung Galaxy phones now banned in Europe, at least via the Netherlands hub. "The ruling reportedly applies to countries where one European software patent, entitled "Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management," is valid." (Samsung copied the patented 'scrolling method for browsing a picture gallery') It might sound daft but these events might help trigger wide ranging and world wide protectionism as happened in the 1930's. |
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This helpful graphic shows who is suing who at the moment!!!
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index...ic-of-the-day/
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This helpful graphic shows who is suing who at the moment!!!
http://blog.thomsonreuters.com/index...ic-of-the-day/ You couldn't make it up!
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Gawd. You wonder why the executives don't just stop and say, hang on lads, its getting a mite silly now.
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Gawd. You wonder why the executives don't just stop and say, hang on lads, its getting a mite silly now.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...g-apples-claws
"The swipe-to-unlock patent will likely be declared invalid, the judge wrote" Is it to be admired that Apple got given the "swipe to lock patent"? Or was it just 'more good business' for a patent office? |
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Apple would have preffered a graphic of money going into the Bank of Apple everytime we unlocked our phones, and lo and behold when we swipe to unlock, all the Android phone manufacturers would deposit a fiver in Apple's account for real.
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An ARS 'current update' on the situation in their usual very ambiguous style.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/20...they-mean.ars? "Dries-Ziekenheimer also pointed out some differences between Apple's and Samsung's photo-swipe system. "I tried the old system on my wife's Samsung Ace and must say I prefer the new 'one swipe' system," he told us." So with the Samsung update out the patented Apple photo swipe becomes negated. |
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Samsung had options. According to Apple they could have
"A front surface that is not black." "A shape that is not rectangular" "No rounded corners." "A front surface that is not flat." "Varying Bezel size." "A device that is not thin." "A cluttered appearance." Do some of that and Apple appear to say they would have been happy. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...t_patents.html Strangely enough, My magensium alloy laptop fits most of that bill too. |
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"A front surface that is not black."
"A shape that is not rectangular" "No rounded corners." "A front surface that is not flat." "Varying Bezel size." "A device that is not thin." |
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I would hazard my usual guess and say Samsung were meant to negotiate and agree to 'just some of them'.
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Apple failed to convince a U.S. judge to block Samsung Electronics from selling Galaxy smartphones and tablets in the U.S. market, depriving the iPhone and iPad maker of crucial leverage in a global patent battle between the two companies.
http://www.themobilelinks.com/Samsun...-galaxy-sales/ Well done to the judge on making the correct decision on this. *Flips the finger up at Apple* ![]() ![]()
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Just bought a samsung 10.1 at' Best Buy' in the States, cracking bit of kit
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Just bought a samsung 10.1 at' Best Buy' in the States, cracking bit of kit
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Just bought a samsung 10.1 at' Best Buy' in the States, cracking bit of kit
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