Apple Wins Again — ITC Rules They Didn't Violate Samsung Patents

An anonymous reader writes "A preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission found that Apple did not violate four of Samsung's patents in the design of the iPhone. 'The patents in the complaint are related to 3G wireless technology, the format of data packets for high-speed transmission, and integrating functions like web surfing with mobile phone functions.' The complaint was filed by Samsung in 2011, and a final confirmation is due next January. Apple has similar claims against Samsung awaiting ITC judgment; the preliminary ruling is expected in mid-October."

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Re:Highlights Apple's Innovative Grab

[Hazel Bergeron]

It is cowardly to set up an account just to troll. A good troll does not fear alternating between insight and subtle nonsense using the same account.

Foreign Company Sues Domestic Company

[Dr. Evil]

Domestic company wins.

If this were an American company suing an American company, the ruling would be done around 2020. Then the damages would be minimized when a new government is sworn in.

Re:Foreign Company Sues Domestic Company

[toriver]

How are they stifling innovation if they force companies to do things in a different way - that is, to innovate? "Copy someone's success" hasn't been new for ages.

Don't fandroids keep harping about all the new stuff in Android that iPhone doesn't? How were those innovations stifled?

Re:Dissonance

[Nerdfest]

It's easy: hate software patents for being weapons of anti-competition rather than protectors of innovation, and hate Apple for using the weapons.

Re:It's about money, not law

[sokoban]

With 0.3-0.6% of GDP directly attributed to Apple and its basically unlimited funds for lobbying (bribing) politicians,

Except Apple spends 1/10th as much as Google does on lobbying and doesn't have a Political action committee to funnel money to politicians like how Google does.

your lovely (US) government cannot afford letting them lose their current market cap - it would harm whole market and trigger an avalanche of failing pension funds (lots of them also heavily invested into Apple itself) which in turn would bite government crooks in their lazy asses.

Because that really stopped antitrust cases against Microsoft in the 90's.

Re:Dissonance

[TheTurtlesMoves]

that's one thing the patent system currently does right, which is giving inventors some protection against being ripped off by predators.

No it doesn't. Unless your legal team and legal budget are bigger than who ever is ripping you off, the current system provides zero effective protection. It has always been a system by the big players (and their lawyers) for the big players.