Samsung owes Apple $1.05 billion after patent victory

Man I hate Apple...

If Apple thinks this is going to drive sales for them, they're deluded.

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If Apple thinks this is going to drive sales for them, they're deluded.

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Apple's prices are also going to skyrocket for 2 reasons: lack of competition, plus they get their processors from *drum roll* Samsung - lol...

This won't drive anyone who wasn't already going to buy an iPhone towards Apple's products. It's more of a windfall for HTC/other smartphone manufacturers

I know this wont sway my choice to get an apple product. I got my galaxy tab and my s3. Love them both. The only reason apple persued samsung is because their product is far more better.

its because of the rabid apple attitude i got rid of my iphone and got a samsung. i liked my iphone but i have a problem with any company that wants to kill all competition because as far as i can see it should be the consumers choice not the coroprate monsters determined to have all the toys in their box.

I don't know why thay can't grow up and play together. I like my Apple but my next phone will be a Samsung due to scrren size.

Makes me sad (well, sadder) to be a us citizen. The really annoying part is thatmost of the patents apple claims (for everything, not just this case) were commonplace before apple ever considered using them. RIM could kick Apple around the courtroom use the same claims that apple used against samsung, except they didn't put patents on tech that they didn't invent.

It is easy to blame apple and the court and the jury, but ultimately the fault lies with the us patent office. Almost without exception, every patent granted to apple (not including those bought from other companies) has been for something that someone else was making before the patent application was filed...many times on devices that were inside the patent office itself when the applications were filed!

That said, I also blame the lawyers...the samsung lawyers. It was a jury case. They could have shot down most of the claims simply by bringing in an old blackberry and pointing out the things that apple stole from it. Patent law is pretty clear on that...if you can prove that the patent holder was not the first to make something, the patent is just worthless paper.

To much greed in the U.S.now.Pretty soon there won't be a middle class. Just the rich and the poor.Everyone is going crazy suing each other.I agree with you 100% KillerBug.
Oh by the way I don't own any Apple products only Samsung.

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That said, I also blame the lawyers...the samsung lawyers. It was a jury case. They could have shot down most of the claims simply by bringing in an old blackberry and pointing out the things that apple stole from it. Patent law is pretty clear on that...if you can prove that the patent holder was not the first to make something, the patent is just worthless paper.

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Myself and my boy use Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus phones and its a great phone, suits our needs, my daughter is on Blackberry Curve 9360, she loves her phone.
None of us wish at anytime to get an apple product as they are overpriced and over-hyped,(oops, sorry there is a couple of tiny ipod thingys lying arround- very little used gifts from somebody).
Sad to here apple won that case, long live the competition.

What gets me is the jury claimed that Galaxy line looked too much like the Iphone and it caused them to be confused... Like seriously... Really? You expect all other nations to believe that? Americans should feel sad for those jurors, because honestly the rest of the world is laughing at them right now. Cause if they are that stupid, they should not have been selected as jurors. And if they are not stupid, then they played the system to favor an American company with bias.

Samsung should pay Tide for the rights to use "I can see the difference, can you see the difference?" ad campaign.

Originally posted by Bozobub:

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Originally posted by KillerBug:

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That said, I also blame the lawyers...the samsung lawyers. It was a jury case. They could have shot down most of the claims simply by bringing in an old blackberry and pointing out the things that apple stole from it. Patent law is pretty clear on that...if you can prove that the patent holder was not the first to make something, the patent is just worthless paper.

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Samsung's lawyers did bring up the "prior art" argument, actually, with very obvious examples for each of Apple's patents. The jury was simply boneheaded.

Samsung is very likely to win an appeal on this case, imo.

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Originally posted by Mysttic:

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What gets me is the jury claimed that Galaxy line looked too much like the Iphone and it caused them to be confused... Like seriously... Really? You expect all other nations to believe that? Americans should feel sad for those jurors, because honestly the rest of the world is laughing at them right now. Cause if they are that stupid, they should not have been selected as jurors. And if they are not stupid, then they played the system to favor an American company with bias.

Samsung should pay Tide for the rights to use "I can see the difference, can you see the difference?" ad campaign.

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Originally posted by Mysttic:

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What gets me is the jury claimed that Galaxy line looked too much like the Iphone and it caused them to be confused... Like seriously... Really? You expect all other nations to believe that? Americans should feel sad for those jurors, because honestly the rest of the world is laughing at them right now.

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Corrupt justice.

This happened in San José, Calif.
Apple corp's HQ hometown....seriously?
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Bet they had a great laugh over that one.

I just hope Samsung have the sense to countersue in South Korea, downtown Seoul ought to be about right & fair in light of this - and they can pay for all of this by jacking the price of all those Samsung components the iPhone uses.

The Apple customerbase will pay through the nose regardless so it's win-win for Sammy.

As for the case itself?
You might as well have all the car manufacturers line up to sue each other for making cars that are so similar.

Originally posted by Interestx:

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Corrupt justice.

This happened in San José, Calif.
Apple corp's HQ hometown....seriously?
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Bet they had a great laugh over that one.

I just hope Samsung have the sense to countersue in South Korea, downtown Seoul ought to be about right & fair in light of this - and they can pay for all of this by jacking the price of all those Samsung components the iPhone uses.

The Apple customerbase will pay through the nose regardless so it's win-win for Sammy.

As for the case itself?
You might as well have all the car manufacturers line up to sue each other for making cars that are so similar.

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The only problem I see with the cost of components going up though is Samsung can only 'stick it to them' after current contracts have been met. Then they could graciously bow out, thus leaving Apple with a sore culo looking for hardware.

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If you read the recent news, Apple has already lost their case in S. Korea. So this case is even siller =p ...

"Some of Apple's more ridiculous claims including patents for geometric designs with rounded corners."

I may as well bring a lawsuit to the Apple executive for looking like me............ and Maybe I'll win in the USA