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Samsung May Try To Block Next iPhone In Europe Too

Posted by Unknown on from the can't-we-all-get-along-here dept.

phonewebcam writes with a report in The Register about the ongoing spat between Samsung and Apple. From the article: "Samsung could try to get the iPhone 5 delayed or banned in Europe, a source has told South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper today. The Korean giant is considering a lawsuit against the next version of the Apple smartphone due in October, in the expectation that iPhone 5 will make use of some basic telecoms technology that Samsung has patented. ... It comes a day after The Korea Times quoted an anonymous Samsung exec saying that the company would attempt to do the same thing in Korea."

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  1. Re:The cliche practically coined for this occasion by Wolfling1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or... payback's a bitch.

  2. Re:Today the iPhone... by Aladrin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If they decide to block Samsung's products with frivolous lawsuits, then yeah... I expect that's what'll happen.

    But so far, it's only Apple that's tried that.

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  3. No one can... by JavaBear · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Basically, with the current climate in the patent world, no one can really produce anything as complex as a smartphone, that does not infringe on someone else's patents or design.

  4. Re:Isn't it great to see by cyfer2000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You are wrong, my friend, wrong. Samsung runs the country.

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  5. Re:The cliche practically coined for this occasion by Kartu · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Stealing design of a rectangular device with rounded corners is shameless indeed.
    I wonder, why does one need a Fab to steal that...