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Apple Adds Samsung Galaxy SIII To Its Ban List
After its big win against Samsung, Apple named 8 Samsung products it wanted an injunction to ban from sale in the U.S. Apple wasn't content with that, though; USA Today reports on the state of the expanded list: "The new list of 21 products includes Samsung's flagship smartphone Galaxy S III as well as the Galaxy Note, another popular Android phone. If the court finds those devices are infringing Apple's patents and irreparably harming the U.S. company, it could temporarily halt sales in the U.S. market even before the trial begins."
I did, but it is not working well. I got my daughter an HTC OneX (the day they came out, before their temporary ban caused them to be unavailable for awhile). She has just gone off to college, living in a brand new dorm. She's in a special program called Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) with 37 other girls. Apparently they ALL have an iPhone except for one kid that still has an old dumb phone. That's right: 36 iPhones, 1 dumb phone, 1 HTC android phone. Yes, that is a small group - but it is a group of smart (you had to apply and qualify and many were turned away) college freshmen. I sincerely hope that these stupid lawsuits over these ridiculous patents (such as the one currently going on that includes slide to unlock) will cause blowback on Apple in terms of lower sales. Not that I have much against Apple. I'd just like to see "the market" punish companies that are aggressively swinging around their ludicrous patents.