This was obvious from a mile off. Samsung never stood more than a tiny chance of winning an injunction based on FRAND encumbered patents, not in the EU anyway. Maybe in Korea if the judge is biased towards the home-side.
Samsung takes another hit in patent punch-up
In the third blow against Samsung this week, a Dutch court has turned down its application for an injunction against Apple's products on the basis of 3G patents. The case, one of the many in the Apple v Samsung patent debacle, was potentially shaky, given that 3G is a standard and therefore the patents involved in it are …
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Sunday 16th October 2011 01:45 GMT cloudgazer
Erm, yes it does - but keep thinking.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=encumbered+patent#sclient=psy-ab&hl=en&source=hp&q=%22frand+encumbered%22&pbx=1&oq=%22frand+encumbered%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=14990l25855l0l26271l30l16l5l7l8l1l255l2303l4.10.2l26l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e77a90f121cf88b&biw=796&bih=582
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Saturday 15th October 2011 18:16 GMT Craigness
Apple just added another 15 hits over the little guy: 18-0
Samsung's products are original. You only have to hold them and use them to know that. Should apple also develop something original, or are they allowed a free ride? Here're 15 Apple apps which are very similar to existing apps. Maybe Apple should take themselves to court over it. If they go up against Samsung's lawyers they'd probably still win.
http://www.businessinsider.com/15-apps-apple-just-killed-with-ios-5-2011-10
Number 8 is interesting because the author of the original app commented "Well I'm just going to have to make LockInfo better now." Why can't apple just do the same when they face competition? In a way they have, such as copying android's notification panel, on-keyboard dictation, lockscreen apps etc and all the apps mentioned in the article. But why must the world's biggest corporation also try to scare off legitimate competition by getting the State to bully the little guy?
This certainly wasn't original development. Apple had knowledge of all of these apps, because they sit in the middle of developers and independent hardware owners, reviewing, governing and taxing all the functionality which independent developers want to sell to those independent owners. 2 of the apps in the list are for Cydia but IIRC they were also submitted to apple, and banned (volume rocker camera operation and wifi sync).
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Friday 14th October 2011 19:34 GMT Keep Refrigerated
To the mattresses...
If I were a Samsung exec right now, I'd fling some cash at marketing and get them to come up with some TV and newspaper ads that said in effect "Our Tablet is that much better than iPad, that Apple are trying to prevent us from selling it to you..." then maybe (if it's not illegal) provide a list of international stores (e.g. partner with Amazon or whatever) where someone can order online and get it shipped internationally. Definitely not illegal for individual consumers, just have to pay import duty.
Play Apple at their own game and make it seem like their tablets are exclusive, coveted and worth the extra effort to get. Just like people were smuggling iPads from the States when they first arrived on the US market.
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Sunday 16th October 2011 20:03 GMT Maliciously Crafted Packet
"Not at this distance your honour."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15305448
-At one point in the hearing the judge held both Samsung and Apple products up on the air and challenged the defence to whether they could identify which device was which.
Samsung attorney Ms Sullivan, who was roughly 10 feet away, responded: "Not at this distance your honour."-
Says it all really.
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Sunday 16th October 2011 20:09 GMT mark l 2
Samsung should just redesign their tablet , sure some cash will be lost with the ones already made but the electronics inside can still be reused just need a new case design or they could still be sold in countries where there isn't a ban on selling them. gotta be cheaper than paying for lawyers to keep trying to fight this in court as so far they are on a loosing battle
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Tuesday 25th October 2011 05:35 GMT patent litigation
Though of course it's completely legal for companies to pursue injunctive measures against their competition, I am ambivalent; is it ethical for corporations to use patent infringement merely as anti-competitive tactics, or should these disputes be settled in the marketplace, where they belong?
http://www.generalpatent.com/blog/