Samsung Sues Aussie Patent Office In Apple Suit, Apple Sues Back

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 7, 2012 @09:29PM from the court-room-blitz dept.

schliz writes "Samsung has sued the Australian patent commissioner — and by extension the Australian Government — in an attempt to force a review of patents key to its global battle with smartphone rival Apple. The Korean manufacturer claims that the commissioner should not have been able to grant four patents used by Apple in its case against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1. The Government solicitor will face Samsung in court on June 25." Not to be outdone, niftydude points out that Apple has filed a motion in a California court to prevent Samsung selling its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S III in the US.

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Thanks for the heads up, Apple by phonewebcam · 2012-06-07 22:02 · Score: 4, Interesting

I was wondering how you thought your upcoming iPhone5 stacked up against the S3. It's too close to launch to change it now, so these desperate acts speak volumes.
Re:MAD by BasilBrush · 2012-06-08 00:02 · Score: 1, Interesting

Apple and Microsoft were both invited to copy the GUI.
And Samsung were not. See there's not actually a problem with copying when you have permission.

Nothing? Disingenuous.
He's right. Android didn't look anything like iOS until after the launch of the iPhone. Back in those days, Android was copying from Blackberry.