The INQ: Always giving more than you really wanted
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Samsung keeps fighting for Iphone ban
KOREAN ELECTRONICS FIRM Samsung will get its case against the Iphone heard in an Australian court in March next year.
The firm is petitioning for a ban on Apple sales in Australia, much like Apple has pushed for a ban on Samsung's products, and a court has agreed that the case can go ahead.
"The case will be fixed for a hearing for three weeks, commencing in March, 2012, with the date to be fixed on Friday," Justice Annabelle Bennett told the Australian Federal Court in Sydney, according to Reuters.
Apple had wanted the case to be held in August next year, possibly because that would give it nine months of hassle free Iphone selling, but the judge thought that delay was unreasonable.
"They are trying to expand the Android market. The longer it's left the harder it will be for Samsung," she added.
The Apple versus Samsung case is keeping lawyers in well polished sports cars and the two companies in courts across the globe. In Australia Apple seems to be winning so far and has temporarily managed to stop retailers from selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab. µ
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Someone in MacRumor site said that the husband of the Judge Annabelle Bennett is a senior council member of 5 Wentworth which representing Apple in Annabelle Bennett’s own court.
See this link, http://www.5wentworth.com.au/site/people/
Among the 6 senior council members, Stephen Burley SC is the barrister representing Apple in this court and was the barrister for Apple in Annabelle court which gave Apple the injunction. And David Bennett AC QC is the husband of the Judge Annabelle Bennett. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bennett_(barrister)
I don’t think it is ok Annabelle Bennet being the judge in Samsung v Apple (or vice versa) cases, Since her husband is a senior council member of 5 Wentworth which represents Apple in her own courts. Also, Annabelle Bennett worked at 5 Wentworth before becoming a Federal Judge. Here is the link. http://www.5wentworth.com.au/site/about/
Here are the direct contents from the link;
ALUMNI
Many alumni of 5 Wentworth have subsequently taken judicial appointments.
High Court of Australia;
Sir Garfield Barwick QC
Sir Cyril Walsh QC
Federal Court of Australia
The Hon. Ronald Sackville QC
The Hon. Justice Annabelle Bennett AO
The Hon. Douglas McGregor
My questions are;
1. Why didn’t she declare it and make herself unavailable?
2. She is the only Australian judge who could handle this? Really? Even then, still does not look good.
3. Samsung has probably known this. Why Samsung is not making this an issue?
4. Is there any judicial authority in Australia that oversees judicial processes to deal with this kind of issues?
5. This is known for a week now, thanks to the person who initially made this allegation. Why media is not interested in this? I myself put 3 posts in Bloomberg sites around a week ago. All my posts were supported with links just like above. But soon they were deleted.
Samsung will possibly file more patents than IBM this year, they have just got granted 270 patents last week.
Why fight over one product which will make them lose a battle over several products in the future....Apple?