Apple vs. Samsung
Although Samsung was defeated by Apple in court, the technology giant is working with carriers to differentiate its future devices from iPhone patents, and is already planning its own of legal offensive against Apple. Samsung lost $1.05 billion from the court case, and now awaits a ruling which may ban eight of its phones from the U.S. market. An appeal is fully expected.
After its first loss on Friday in Japan in an ongoing and global battle vs. Samsung over intellectual property rights, Apple Insider reports that Apple has filed a new complaint with a California Court, arguing that four additional Samsung products infringe on its patented technology.
After losing two patent-infringement lawsuits in a row over the past two weeks, Samsung finally came out victorious with a verdict from a Tokyo court on Friday ruling that the company was not guilty of infringing on patented Apple technologies.
With the verdict having been handed down in Apple’s favor in the recent Apple vs. Samsung patent infringement trial, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has set a date for the hearing over Apple’s request to ban eight infringing Samsung products from the U.S. marketplace.
Although rumors have spread that Apple would bump up the iPhone 5's price in response to their court victory over Samsung, customers should most likely expect a set of choices similar to the iPhone 4S's offerings.
The fight between handset giants, Apple and Samsung, continues outside court rooms as both companies are about to make important announcements and unveilings.
After winning a cool billion from Samsung, Apple now wants eight Samsung devices banned from the United States.
As a result of last week’s verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial, United States District Court Judge Lucy Koh asked Apple to provide a list of all infringing Samsung products that it wants pulled from shelves. The verdict, which was found in Apple’s favor, ruled that Samsung pay Apple $1.05 billion for patent infringement and that any and all infringing Samsung products be banned from the U.S. marketplace.
The Inquirer recently posted an article comparing the iPhone 4s to the Samsung Galaxy 3. The article looked at the following features: Design & Build, Performance, Operating System & Software, Camera, Connectivity and Battery & Storage. In terms of which is the better phone, the article deemed the competition a tie.
After Friday’s verdict came in for the Apple vs. Samsung court case, Samsung sent out an internal memo reflecting its position on said verdict. Facebook users chimed in to a recent news article on the memo and their comments have ranged from pro-Apple to pro-Samsung and in between as well.
In South Korea, where courts ruled against Samsung in the recent Apple vs. Samsung lawsuit, and imposed a partial product ban on Samsung products, consumers are troubled over what the ruling may mean for the Seoul-based company and the smartphone market.
The verdict on the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial, delivered on Friday, has had investors, analysts and consumers on the hop as they question what kind of effect it could have on Apple products, Samsung products and the smartphone industry at large.
After Apple's landmark victory against Samsung in the epic patent infringement case, consumers may find that their options in the mobile phone and/or tablet markets somewhat restricted, at least until Samsung and possibly other manufacters roll out new technology that has been altered to conform to legal mandates, tweaked and tested.
After just three days of deliberations on a highly complex case, the jury in the Apple vs. Samsung trial has found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple patents and is ordering the company to pay $1.05 billion in damages. Apple was not found guilty of any wrongdoing.
If the iPhone 5 is to compete with the top dogs of the Chinese smartphone market, it will need to lower its price and use a TD-SCDMA chipset to improve its appeal and position itself to overtake Samsung.
