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Apple and Samsung Both Get South Korea Bans

Posted by Soulskill on from the can-we-do-this-in-every-country-until-they-stop-fighting dept.

New submitter Mackadoodledoo sends this quote from the BBC: "A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices. The court imposed a limited ban on national sales of products by both companies covered by the ruling. It ruled that U.S.-based Apple had infringed two patents held by Samsung, while the Korean firm had violated one of Apple's patents. The sales ban will apply to Apple's iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and its tablets the iPad and iPad 2. Samsung products affected by the ban include its smartphone models Galaxy SI and SII and its Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet PCs."

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  1. Thats one way.. by EponymousCustard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    to stop the patent wars! Ban everybody!

    1. Re:Thats one way.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is exactly what the US should do if they had half a brain. Nobody wins with software patents. Not even "Hello world".

  2. How's the thermonuclear war goin' for ya, Steve-O? by Man+On+Pink+Corner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Starting to understand the whole MAD thing yet?

  3. Cold War strategy? by dskoll · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I believe this is what was referred to as Mutually Assured Destruction. That doctrine probably prevented nuclear war during the Cold War, but alas... Apple's not as rational as the Russians or Americans, so it lobbed the nuclear bomb of patent litigation anyway.

  4. Re:Patent War by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Strange game. The only winning move is, not to play.

    The only winning move is being a lawyer