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Samsung Sues Aussie Patent Office In Apple Suit, Apple Sues Back
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.
Yay for over simplifications to make your argument!
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It doesn't matter how many of these patent disputes come up, but I can't help but wonder which kind of moron grants these patents
2006330724 - Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image (Granted April 1, 2010)
2007283771 - Portable electronic device for photo management (Granted May 20, 2010)
2008201540 - List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display (Granted February 11, 2010)
2009200366 - List scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch screen display (Granted July 23, 2009)
Ok, I haven't read through the details of the patents themselves... but seriously! Unlocking a device, portable photo management. Way to go with the innovation stakes that will revolutionize the world and solve world hunger.
As much as I hate these companies for bringing these lawsuits, problem is it is business and they are seeking every competitive edge they can get... the root cause of the problem needs to be tackled and the patent system overhauled completely WORLDWIDE.
It's convergent evolution - once they realized that capacitive screens are better (because no-one wants to mess around with a stylus) then a few common solutions (big screen, no buttons, big icons, smooth dragging) cropped up.
Huh? Big screen, no buttons, and smooth dragging do not follow from capacitative (vs resistive) screens.
Nor are these the defining characteristics of the iPhone anyway. Inertial scrolling with elasticity is more so. But even there, it was invented for the iPod, which had a wheel rather than a touch screen.
Sure Apple did it better. But they also did some of it first. And it's those and the general design that Samsung and others have shamelessly copied. They didn't emerge simultaneously.
Unfortunately for you your apologism is trivially blown out of the water by the fact that Samsung couldn't help themselves and even copied the design of the charger. Only changing the colour. If you're saying that's the only way a charger can be reasonably designed, you're insane.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2011/09/24/samsung-charger/