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Apple sues Samsung while US ITC sides with HTC and Nokia
MAKER OF ITHINGS Apple is suing Samsung for allegedly copying its designs, while the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has recommended that HTC and Nokia should not be found liable for infringing Apple's patents.
The cappuccino company accused Samsung, a maker of rival smartphones and tablets, of "slavishly" copying its Iphone and Ipad devices.
"Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple's technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products," the complaint claims.
Apple alleges that Samsung copied the look of its devices, the icons for its applications and even the packaging the hardware comes in.
Apple spoksesperson Kristin Huguet said, "This kind of blatant copying is wrong."
Samsung's Galaxy Tab is seen by many as the strongest competitor to the Ipad, while Google used the Galaxy S as the basis to launch the Nexus S, the second Google sponsored Android smartphone on the market and a primary competitor to the Iphone.
The lawsuit could impact the relationship between the two companies, as Samsung makes a number of chips used in Apple products. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple paid Samsung around £3.7 billion in 2010 alone, making up a significant chunk of Samsung's revenue.
Samsung said it would actively defend the lawsuit.
Meanwhile, two of Apple's other lawsuits against HTC and Nokia could go pear-shaped after the ITC weighed in against the fruit themed company suggesting that the case be dropped.
Apple wants HTC smartphones that run Android and a number of Nokia devices to be banned from import into the US, claiming that both companies have infringed its patents.
HTC dismissed the charges, saying it was around long before Apple and that it and Google made fundamentally different choices from what is covered in Apple's patents, which relate to signal processing and inter-process communications.
Nokia said that Apple only brought up the patent claim after Nokia sought royalties from the company in a separate dispute, according to Bloomberg.
Both HTC and Nokia are involved in countersuits against Apple, but the ITC has already indicated that Apple is not infringing Nokia's patents, suggesting it might recommend a similar outcome for HTC's case.
The results of Apple's ITC complaints against Nokia and HTC should be revealed in June for Nokia and August for HTC. µ
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HP since they had the Iphad ripped off there designs (HP had the tc1100 which is oddly the same size, and design but came out 5 years before it). And LG for the Iphone (the LG Prada which was out 6 months before the Iphone).
Apples claim that all hand held devices which are rectangular with rounded corners is there unique design is utter bollocks. And the one about a cardboard box with a picture of the product on the top and the box lifts off with the product underneath is a classic. Oh nothing else has ever done that before has it!
HTC can complain as much as they want, but the fact remains true that Galaxy changed their icons and they look so much like iPhones icons now
proof
a href="http://thechurchofapple.com/2011/04/20/leave-samsung-alone-apple-sues-samsung" http://thechurchofapple.com/2011/04/20/leave-samsung-alone-apple-sues-samsung/ /a
Apple's (and Microsoft's) string of anticompetitive lawsuits targeting Google and Android through other manufacturers shows the true colors of these proprietary companies. Any dollar spent for Apple or Microsoft products goes into funding legal attacks against freedom of consumer choice and freedom of innovation.
This is not "good advertising", as people do care about freedom in democratic societies (and even those leaning toward democracy). Purchasing an Android-based product is purchasing freedom (of software, of user rights, of innovation, of cooperation). It is no wonder that Android is doing so well in the marketplace.
Its nice to see apple go after the company that builds its a4 and a5 chips, seeing as its a4 chips are actually the "hummingbird" cortex a8 chips used in the galaxy s platform but with inferior graphics capabilities and the a5 in the ipad 2 and the iphone 5 is a downclocked version of the new "Exynos" soc used in the galaxy s 2 and the new galaxy tab 9 and again apple still doesn't have the decency to pay for the higher end graphics core used in the "Exynos" soc and if that weren't enough samsung is also the company that supplies them with a majority of their nand and ram for their gimmicky fruit themed devices.
Really who copied who?
http://i.imgur.com/aLGOQ.jpg
oh I forgot, all Apples so called innovations are stolen, they just claim they created them.
So Apple makes coffee products, too, now? :-)
"The cappuccino company accused Samsung, a maker of rival smartphones and tablets, of "slavishly" copying its Iphone and Ipad devices."
I use both Apple and Samsung for work and pleasure. (Apple and Android app developer). I have to say that I am not a fan of Apple since the Android market took off. I use my iPhone 4 for work but prefer my Samsung Galaxy S. I have both an iPad1, iPad2 and Galaxy Tab 7” through work and the Tab is so much easier to carry about and use. I would not have bought the iPad2 for personal use. I find Apple just far too restrictive and proprietary. Sadly work will not buy me the forthcoming Tab2 as they have a load of Motorola slates coming in, so I will be paying for the Tab2 personally.
Apple was great and cutting edge, but Apple's had its day, IMHO, as a developer and tech lover.
dear apple,
having owned 3 of your devices, i am now a proud owner of a samsung galaxy and can tell you, that as a product, it is far superior to any smart phone that you make.
accept the fact that your reign has a new competitor, one that based on its first real attempt, has blown your product out of the water.
one can only hope that this lawsuit is thrown out of court and you can wise up and charge people are appropriate price for an inferior product.
all the best samsung...stick it to em!
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