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Apple’s claims against Samsung's Galaxy Tab are rejected
FLOGGER OF SHINY TOYS Apple has lost in an early court decision over the future of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany.
The two firms have been battling over patents and designs for some time now, and last month Samsung said it was going to change the design of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet to get Apple off its back.
"The newly modified device will be renamed the Galaxy Tab 10.1N and we've made two changes to the design," said Samsung spokesman Jason Kim. "The design of the bezel has been changed and the speaker has also been relocated."
Apple was not keen on this of course, and said so, in its oft-released statement. "It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."
Then Apple appealed to have the hardware banned. The ruling in that appeal came down today. According to Reuters the judge dismissed Apple's concerns, saying that Samsung had done enough to distance its hardware from its competition.
"According to the court's assessment, the defendant has moved away sufficiently from the legally protected design," said Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann.
Last week Samsung fired back at Apple in Germany and issued four patent challenges in Apple's direction.
We have asked both Apple and Samsung to comment on the court's decision. µ
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Cheaper to produce hardware = more overhead = more money in the pockets of apple top brass. Thats why they only release ONE new product every 12-18 months, after 1 year of producing the SAME thing, it gets cheaper and cheaper to mass produce.
That being said, Aside from the camera, the original ipad runs IOS JUST FINE, so as long as the OS can run just fine on the hardware, i guess why would they update and innovate when the blind and naive will throw money at them
Apple wants to patent how ALL Tablets look. Ridiculous.
In other words, if it is rectangular, then it's a patent violation against Apple as Apple THINKS they invented that shape.
The reality is Apple is concerned that they will soon have to change its business model of charging INSANE prices for low to mid level technology and passing it off to consumers that it's top notch next generation hardware and charge them as such...when in fact it is not high level hardware.
The writing is on the wall.
Samsung, Asus and others are bringing out Tablets and Phones that are superior to what Apple is offering from a hardware perspective and Apple knows this, and to respond...they sue instead of matching their features and hardware set.
Why? Because if Apple, under its current business model tried to match hardware technology and feature set with their direct competitors, they would have to charge 3x as much as they are doing now to match their high margins they receive currently for the products they sell.
Apple needs to give it up. I have 3 flat screen monitors (all from different companies), and damn if they don't do the same thing. Think about it... How many products are similar? They're just scared of Android taking over the tablet market like they took over phones.
Soon patents war will be ended with the new 800-pound gorilla completely dominating the patent and hi-tech lanscape and settings its own rules as a monopoly.
Given the explosive rate of their progress all this will happen during the life of this generation.
Look at the link below. What Chineese government is doing supporting pantenting every sh#t literally deserves applauds and hats off :
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/21/china-patents-idUSL3E7NL1QY20111221?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&rpc=43
Same as nobody cares what UK say or do against US, what all unicellular anti-Apple braindead d#!f$%^cs in US will be yelling from under the bridges nobody will care either.
ipod touch *4*G...RATHER. :)
Apple seems very concerned for some reason. I guess their investors are getting worried because Apple's been getting a beating lately from all angles from it's competitors. Apple would prefer that all tablet sales should be theres and they truly deserve those sales. it's their God given right.
Why not just keep creating 'revolutionary' and 'magical' innovations? I just got an ipod touch 3G (I paid for a 3 year warranty on a 2G versions and I got a free modern replacement after it crapped out) and other than being able to Skype face to face...I find the unit and iOS boring and aged. My new Android phone though is revolutionary and amazing though!
This was in germany, so US patent laws changes would have no effect.
Although.. the EU patent laws were all different and much better but then they must have sneakily changed things because suddenly the same crap as in the US is happening all over the EU.
Politicians.. like pigs they like to wallow in it and don't quite get the rest of us do not.
Saying that the ipad is the best tablet out there is arguable but the backlash against Apple is not.
Apple and the US Patent Office should both be reformed.
In Fact i would say that Software Patents on mobiles should be abandoned.
What is standard operating procedure on Computers should not be made patentable on other computing platforms like phones and tablets.
Honestly, Apple needs to focus on quality not court cases. Tablets are going to look similar - but the iPad is still the best tablet.
So they need to carry on rather than alienating potential purchasers.
FWIW, I have a HP Touchpad running CM7. I'm totally impartial but find this injunction-shit tiresome.