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Samsung Claims iPad Mini, iPad 4, New iPod Touch Also Infringe Patents
SternisheFan writes "Here we go again. Korean electronics giant Samsung has added three new Apple products to the list of products that the company claims infringes on its patents. In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Samsung has added the iPad mini, the new iPad 4, and the fifth-generation iPod touch to an existing lawsuit that covers devices such as the iPhone 5, iPad 4, and earlier iPod touch devices. According to the filing, Samsung believes that 'good cause exists' to add these three devices to the original infringement claim, 'because Apple's new products were not yet available when Samsung submitted its original contentions on June 15, 2012 or its first motion to supplement its infringement contentions on October 1, 2012.'"
What comes around, goes around. Or perhaps "as you sow, so shall you reap."
The problem for Apple is that Samsung's patents actually matter. If they get a reasonable jury (e.g. not in Apple's back yard with a highly biased foreman) there is a good chance that they should prevail. Apple used Samsung's tech without a license, then made the mistake to sue Samsung as a proxy for Google.
The same is true for Motorola's H.264 and 802.11 patents. Apple used the patented technology without a license, and they are going to end up paying.
there are 3 kinds of people:
* those who can count
* those who can't
Apple always has the opportunity to call the whole thing off. But Apple will not do that because Apple is a morally and ethically bankrupt organization with thug embedded deep within its DNA.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.