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Samsung Withdraws Counter-Suit Against Apple

Posted by samzenpus on from the our-bad dept.

tekgoblin writes "Samsung has withdrawn a counter-suit against Apple in their ongoing legal battle which concerns similarities in the iOS device lineup against the Galaxy S lineup from Samsung. The counter-suit concerned the design of the user interface being very similar to that of Samsung's: 'related to fundamental innovations that increase mobile device reliability, efficiency, and quality, and improve user interface in mobile handsets and other products.'"

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  1. Summary is misleading, not dropped the suit but by teh31337one · · Score: 5, Informative

    they've consolidated them to focus on their defence in this suit.

  2. Correct it's an accellertion / linking by rtfa-troll · · Score: 4, Informative

    That seems to be 100% right. Samsung is still asserting the same claims, but now in the lawsuit Apple originally launched against them. They've also raised Apple another two patents.

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  3. Re:"Look and feel" bullshit by EEPROMS · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apple's beef is with the bezel of certain Samsung phones looking remarkably like earlier iPhones.

    Yes but the early iphones look exactly like the the award winning LG prada, you know the full screen mobile phone with a silver bezel around the edge and icons in a checkerboard layout that was released a year before the iphone.