Apple Seeks To Block 8 Samsung Products After Court Win

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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Apple is dead to me

[div_2n]

I used to recommend people to buy their computers. I actually specifically tell people "just about anything but Apple" now.

Congratulations Apple. You might have won this battle (for now, appeal pending) but I assure you that you've lost the war.

Re:Apple is dead to me

[jedidiah]

Apple is a bit more evil than Samsung.

It's like you're watching the cold war as a spectator in a 3rd country and suddenly one of them decides to start World War III. It makes a differences who that perpetrator is.

Your attempt to ignore the relevant moral difference there is not convincing.

It does matter who lobbed the first nuke. That party is responsible for the everything that happens after that.

Patents used to be a game of mutual assured destruction except Apple was actually stupid enough to flip the switch.

Re:This will stifle innovation

[miffo.swe]

The problem is that whatever you might think of, someone has already a patent on it or a patent that's broad enough to cover what you do. Not because they ever thought of using the phone like you, but because they sought to cover as broad base as possible with their patent.

If Apple had been held to your standards they would never have gotten into the mobile industry at all since its impossible to build a mobile phone without infringing on thousands of patents on hardware alone from thousands of different companies and private inventors. If a fucking bounce effect costs billions to use, how fucking much do you think a fucking complete mobile phone would cost? Its not like Apple waddled into a vacuum and suddenly made a phone nobody had ever done before with never unheard of components.

Re:I still don't see what the problem is

[Tastecicles]

except the Samsung phones aren't running iOS.

Would you like to play again?

Re:I still don't see what the problem is

[Anonymous Coward]

The problem is a F'd Up IP system that makes all this possible, and quite possibly the most prudent way to do business. Take these litigation tools away and businesses will go back to needing real innovation rather than punting all competitors with some lame "Button displayed in center of screen" or "Electronics in a plastic enclosure" patent. Patents were supposed to protect the little guy, but how do you even break into a market where every aspect of doing anything is owned by someone?

So you want to push them to the Galaxy SIII?

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's remove the older, slower phones from the market so you'll have to compete only against the SIII, which people say beats the iPhone hands down.

Smart move Apple.

Re:This will stifle innovation

[kryliss]

Sardine cans have had this design for decades with a pull to unlock feature included.

Re:This will stifle innovation

[Anonymous Coward]

Which addresses the issue with Samsung. Apple warned them they were infringing and they ignored it at the direction of their management, hence the willfull finding.

Samsung blatantly copies Apple as directed by upper management, was found guilty in a court of law, and somehow they are the victim?

Many on here can't seem to separate open source from IP. You aren't entitled to someone else's work. Android avoided this but Samsung didn't.

Spend your tears on someone who did the work and deserves it.