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Apple Wants Another $707 Million From Samsung
angry tapir writes "A California jury may have awarded Apple more than US$1 billion in damages in late August when it triumphed over Samsung in a hard-fought case over smartphone and tablet patents, but the iPhone maker is coming back for more: late last week it asked for additional damages of $707 million. The request includes an enhanced award of $535 million for willful violation of Apple's designs and patents, as well as about $172 million in supplemental damages based on the fact that the original damages were calculated on Samsung's sales through June 30."
Very simple, actually. Capitalism with limits. You put a floating cap on profits, tied to measures such as the crime rate and the wealth gap; and put a cap on personal wealth. It doesn't have to be a low cap, say $20 million dollars. Or $50 million. Fuck, make it an even $100 million dollars and raise it every year with inflation.
Then watch society transform.
Oh look, here we have the solution to all of the problems Mankind has had for thousands of years, neatly wrapped up in a few sentences. Utopia by next Friday then?
Fucking idiot.
I didn't think Apple was doing that badly that they have to litigate others for cash to stay relevant. Oh wait, maybe they are doing it to make the others strapped for cash! Or wait, maybe there isn't even a point in doing this. Maybe they should all hold hands and be happy instead. :3
Of course Apple doesn't _need_ that money. The money is a welcome side effect. What Apple wants is to stop Samsung from making phones that copy iPhone features by making it expensive for them. And there isn't only this patent case, there have been reports quite recently that Apple has moved some major orders for memory and for displays from Samsung to other manufacturers, which will also cost them money.
And the plan seems to be working. At least if you look at Samsung's Galaxy adverts that seem to become more and more desperate. I wonder what happens at Samsung internally. If I was the guy at Samsung responsible for producing and selling components to the whole world, I'd want to punch the guy responsible for selling smartphones right in the face.