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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tekgoblin writes "Samsung has withdrawn a counter-suit against Apple in their ongoing legal battle which concerns similarities in the iOS device lineup against the Galaxy S lineup from Samsung.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. Who gives a shit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The issue is not whether Apple or Samsung are right - it's that this shit is patentable in the first place.

    1. Re:Who gives a shit! by CharlyFoxtrot · · Score: 3, Insightful

      And that itself was influenced by Apple's Newton. It's all a mishmash of influences. What matters is that eventually Palm hit on the definitive UI in the stylus era and iPhone finally hit the sweet spot in the touchscreen era.

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  2. "Look and feel" bullshit by Adrian+Lopez · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If only Apple would withdraw it's lawsuit against Samsung over the same ridiculous "look and feel" claim. Why should either Samsung or Apple have exclusive rights over what's ultimately a rectangular grid of icons? It would be like giving the company that released the first touch-tone phone exclusive rights over the layout and appearance of the touch-tone keypad.

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    1. Re:"Look and feel" bullshit by Adrian+Lopez · · Score: 4, Insightful

      "Also, note that Apple is only suing Samsung for producing a device that looks a lot like the iPhone in many more ways than just a rectangular icon grid."

      Such as, say, the phone's shape?

      Apple isn't suing Google over the Android UI, just Samsung for making the Android UI look more like the iPhone UI than other Android phones.

      Which particular aspects of the iPhone UI do you think should be owned exclusively by Apple? If Apple were to sell its UI as a product (just the UI, not the operating system), what would the sales brochure look like?

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    2. Re:"Look and feel" bullshit by andydread · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Going by your logic Apple clearly copied Samsung F700 which was shown to the public a whole year before the Iphone came out.