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Samsung Plans To Block the iPhone 5 In Korea

Posted by Soulskill on from the divvying-up-the-world's-markets dept.

c0lo writes "In apparent retaliation to its U.S. rival's continual patent challenges in global markets, Samsung Electronics is seeking a complete ban on the sales of the upcoming Apple iPhone 5 in Korea. This is one of Samsung's several recently-opened fronts in the patent world wars: Apple was sued in France on 3 technical patents and counter-sued in Australia over 7 technical patents (after an Apple 'offensive' temporarily blocked Galaxy Tab for the Australian market)."

3 of 178 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sleeping Giant by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

    What does this even mean? What "real patents?" Samsung is a known rip-off manufacturer.

  2. Re:Apple Deserves This by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, how dare Apple protect itself from rip-off artists. Google's acquisition of Motorola was nothing but two years of revenue down the toilet in an act of desperation.

  3. Re:Apple should be worried by bonch · · Score: -1, Troll

    I can see why Apple has gone to the darkside of law suits.

    Because Samsung is ripping them off. Why is it so hard for Slashdotters to acknowledge that, yes, there are valid patent lawsuits and, yes, there are Asian companies that do nothing but clone American products?

    Is it because Apple is one of Google's competitors? Are we supposed to automatically side with Google on everything?