

Judge calls out Apple on its ubiquitous design claims



I. Samsung Can Continue to Sell its Products





The full PDF of the ruling is available here.

II. Samsung Likely Infringes Apple's Technology, But Not Its Design








III. Legal Situation Grows Dire For Apple








Sources: Ruling via The Verge, Reuters

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RE: Makes me laugh
By retrospooty on 12/4/2011 10:40:01 AM , Rating: 5
"by the way, you wouldn't even know what a modern multi-touch smartphone is, without Apple CREATING THE CATEGORY.... nor would you know what a modern Tablet is, without Apple CREATING the category.... nor would you know what a PC is... without Apple CREATING the category... nor would you know what downloadable Music legally was, without Apple CREATING the category.....

what is particularly laughable... is that you would never see a Tablet from Samsung in that form factor, or use of multi-touch... if the iPad had never existed... yet you just assumed Samsung came out with it on their own... that is what is particularly laughable..."

What is laughable is your blindly agreeing with everything Apple without really knowing anything. It just makes you look blind.

1. Apple didnt invent the personal computer
2. Music was downloadable before Apple got into the game.
3. You would never have seen an iPhone if not for Apple copying the whole concept from Palm/Handspring.

The entire industry builds off ideas of others. It always has, as all industries always has. Its as if to say, Toyota, GM, BMW and Honda shouldnt be allowed to make cars because they all copy Ford. pfapf.

Apple suing for these vague concepts is just hypocritical and small. All they were is first to market with a multitouch UI. Now, that was a great thing, now let the competition begin. They "borrowed" the whole mobile phone idea, as well as putting and OS and apps on a phone. So why is that not frowned upon, but borrowing far more vague software concepts is? Because you arent here to actually debate the realities of the situation, you are here to defend Apple at all costs arent you?

RE: Makes me laugh
RE: Makes me laugh
Except before Apple PCs were sht

Right, and MacOS up to 10.1 wasn't.

mp3 players were sht


so called smart phones and PDAs were sht


RE: Makes me laugh
By DeluxeTea on 12/4/2011 9:34:19 PM , Rating: 2
Except before Apple PCs were shit, mp3 players were shit and so called smart phones and PDAs were shit.

And Apple started selling overpriced, underpowered yet polished shit. Still shit though.

RE: Makes me laugh
By retrospooty on 12/4/2011 9:51:24 PM , Rating: 5
I fail to see what your post has to do with
anything. it's 100 percent opinion. and in my opinion false. anyhow the subject matter was 1 company copying another. a subject in which apple is as guilty if not even more guilty than most other companies.

