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Apple Seeks To Block 8 Samsung Products After Court Win

Posted by timothy on from the rent-seeking-isn't-the-free-market dept.

angry tapir writes "Apple has asked a U.S. court to block sales of eight Samsung Electronics products, following the iPhone maker's victory in a patent lawsuit against Samsung. In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Apple asked for preliminary injunctions against seven smartphones carrying its Galaxy brand, plus the Droid Charge. It based the requests on a jury's ruling on Friday that Samsung had infringed several Apple patents. Apple said it wants the preliminary injunction pending a final injunction."

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  1. Re:Apple is dead to me by Krneki · · Score: 5, Informative
    Apple is doing shit like that from a very long time. Why do you think we hate them so much?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Apple_Inc.

    Probably they are second only to Sony.

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    Love many, trust a few, do harm to none.
  2. Re:Samsung by Missing.Matter · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple is worth more than Samsung, Google, Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia combined.

    Assets:
    Samsung: $384.3B
    Google: $72.6B
    Microsoft: $121.2B
    RIM: $7.7B
    Noika: $45.4B

    Total assets of Samsung, Google, Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia combined: $631.2B

    Total assets of Apple: $116.4B

    Oh, or were you talking about the imaginary measure of "worth" derived from feelings and pixie dust known as market cap? Even not then:

    Market Cap:
    Samsung: $167.1B
    Google: $218.9B
    Microsoft: $257.3B
    RIM: $3.7B
    Noika: $12.06B

    Total market cap of Samsung, Google, Microsoft, RIM, and Nokia combined: $659.0B

    Total market cap of Apple: $633.4B

    Anyway, not sure what a company's worth in relation to others prove about what one company will do with respect to breaking contracts and dropping customers. Remember, Samsung has something much more powerful than fat stacks of cash, something Apple cannot compare: the full backing and support of the South Korean government. Not saying I think it's great a corporation is so close to a government, but that while Apple is making only shiny iToys, Samsung is a massive conglomerate making:

    Textiles
    Securities
    Credit cards
    Insurance
    Chemicals
    Machine tools
    Engineering services
    Electronics
    Semiconductors
    Hotels
    Ships
    Surveillance
    Automations
    Aeronautics
    Oh yeah, and weapons tech... seriously, that's not a company I'd want to fuck with.