Samsung Beats Apple In Tokyo, Itching To Sue Over LTE Patents

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 31, 2012 @01:35AM from the one-for-you-one-for-me-one-for-you-one-for-me dept.

AmiMoJo writes "A court in Tokyo has ruled that Samsung Electronics did not infringe on a patent relating to transferring media content between devices. Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji dismissed the case filed by Apple in August, finding that Samsung was not in violation of Apple patents related to synchronizing music and video data between devices and servers." This particular battle is just one front in a patent war that spans ten countries and dozens of cases. Samsung also confirmed it was ready and willing to sue Apple if an LTE iPhone ever hits the market. Meanwhile, Apple was granted a number of new patents on Tuesday, including one for changing settings on a wireless device depending on its location (#8,254,902). For example, sound and light from the device could be disabled when entering a movie theater, or communications with other devices could be disabled in a science laboratory.

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Re:Huh? by Dog-Cow · 2012-08-31 02:05 · Score: 1, Troll

From what I've read, it's because Motorola has been ignoring the ND part of that acronym.
People Should Read, then Post by Wovel · 2012-08-31 02:32 · Score: 0, Troll

Claim one of the linked patent clearly references a new base station device in the location. This device it what controls he settings in the phone. There is no prior art for this. There is no Android app that does the exact same thing. Stop your blind nerd-rage long enough to read.
I swear there was a time when discussions here were slightly more intelligent. There were usually one or two people who bothered o look into the facts. Maybe I am nostalgic for a time that never was.
Why bother discussing a patent when you are unwilling to even read the first claim?