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Samsung Appeals Apple's Injunction Against Galaxy Nexus
It will come as no surprise that Samsung has filed an appeal in response to the injunction granted to Apple against the Galaxy Nexus phone in the U.S.. From the article: "The motion, filed with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, seeks a stay of the injunction for the duration of the appeal.
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh ordered the preliminary injunction on Friday, granting a motion Apple made in February that alleged Samsung infringed on several of its patents. The injunction, which would keep the Samsung device from being sold in stores in the U.S., can go into effect as soon as Apple posts a bond of nearly $96 million."
I'd agree if the patents weren't bogus and obvious. If we had a patent system that actually granted patents of merit and not a rubber stamp this would make sense.
Go read some of these patent. It's isn't revolutionary stuff, it's just who won the horse race for patenting "clicking icon to make something happen" and the like.
Well, perhaps Samsung should try inventing things themselves, rather than let Apple invent everything.
Here is what all touchscreen smartphones looked like before Apple came along and showed how the world how to do it (complete link).
Apple were first people to do anything like that at all, so they should obviously have a patent.
They basically invented the entirely featureless tablet and the touch based user interface.
(for the impared: please actually look at links before flaming)
SJW n. One who posts facts.
90 million is bullshit. The bonds for this stuff (software "patent infringement" via the ITC loophole) should start at a 1-2 billion dollars and go up. That would certainly stop these bogus lawsuits.