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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)."

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  1. Landlines coming by neonv · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Soon all cell phones will be banned because of their dangerous IP infringement, and the landline will return as the obviously superior technology

  2. Capitalism is becoming a judged sport by timeOday · · Score: 5, Insightful
    There are sports like running where the rules are simple and determining the winner is simple, perhaps even automated. Then there are judged sports like gymnastics and ice skating where winning boils down to subjectivity.

    The world economy is increasingly based on intellectual property, which is not governed by the physical laws of production capacity and unit cost. Instead intellectual property is government by subjective judgements about who deserves how much of the credit. These judgements are formalized in patent and copyright law, but they still come down to interpretation and value judgement. There is no firm ground to stand on.