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Apple Bringing Second Lawsuit To Samsung, Won't Wait For Appeal
sl4shd0rk writes "Hot on the heels of last year's Apple win over Samsung, Apple is geared up for its second attempt at knocking Samsung's alleged copy-cat products off the store shelves. District Judge Lucy Koh asked both parties if they could stay the new case while the first one goes up on Appeal. Apple denied citing a delay would "seriously and irreparably prejudice Apple." The company "will likely suffer a long-term loss of market share and of downstream sales". Samsung replied with a statement saying "Apple will be unable to meet its burden of proving infringement without resorting to the same improper 'representative product' strategy," [that shouldn't have been allowed in the first case.] Although some may think this is a good move for business on Apple's part, some claim the litigation is responsible for Apple's dipping sales and stock prices as well as Increased visibility of Samsung. In the end however, all this litigation is most likely going to be shouldered on the pocketbook of the consumer'"
They just don't know it yet.
I thought the sitting CEO said he never wanted to sue to begin with, that the case was already in play when jobs died. If that were true, why a new lawsuit??
have you seen my sig? there are many others like it but none that are the same
The standard procedure of a large company in decline.
Samsung should make a commercial out of this.
I really wish I had a time machine. So I could show this to the Apple fanboys in the 90s - back when if you pointed out ANY criticism of Apple you'd get mod'ed down to oblivion and a shitload of comments like - "bu..bu..but Microsoft!"
Listen folks, attaching yourself (identity) to anything, let alone some corporation's products, will lead to heartbreak.
*expecting some smug comments from FOSS people now.*
Just in time for the release of the Samsung Galaxy S IV! I think the product launch can use any extra visibility that Apple is willing to give.
In other news, Apple has decided to upgrade their own-foot-shooting shotgun to fully automatic.
"The agriculture ministry is not in charge of Gundam" - Japanese ministry official.
The Judge asked Apple's lawyers, "Can stay the new case while the first one goes up on Appeal?" The only question they heard was "Do you want more or fewer billable hours?"
These lawsuits are really affecting my decision to but a new iPhone. I just don't want to support such business practices. On the other hand the iPhone 5 is super shiny... decisions, decisions.
Confused about which smartphone OS to buy? Why not get both??
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/03/goophone-iphone5s-knockoff/
...as well as Increased visibility of Samsung.
Samsung's visibility has a lot more to do with the fact that they spend gajillions of dollars on advertising than with any of the lawsuits they're involved in. Hell, they're spending more than Apple, HP, Dell, and Microsoft combined when it comes to advertising. And then, on top of that they're spending about the same amount again on sales promotions. Billions upon billions of dollars.
If you're a company that wants visibility, that's one way you can do it. That's how they did it. It's working for them. You'd have to willfully choose to ignore the obvious if you're seriously suggesting that these lawsuits that only niche communities are even aware of and concerned with are in any way responsible for a significant increase in the visibility of Samsung.
How in the world would this ever *not* be the case?
How can a product be a copy cat when it is *better* and *more innovative* than the original?
Sssh, hush, dearie, that logic only works when Apple was improving on the smartphones of the Days of Old. Not now when Apple's infallible Design(tm) is what's on the line.
The funny thing is that the Nexus 4 is even better than the S3, and even without LTE it's way better than my old iPhone 5 that I upgraded from. Unless the iPhone 5s/6 break some seriously new ground to catch up in all the areas where Android is better (and the list increases every day) Apple is fucked.
Remember the golden rule: "it's" always expands to "it is". No exceptions.
It's been a wet summer.(contraction of it has).
Grammar Nazi smackdown.
BM3
On the other hand the iPhone 5 is super shiny...
So are many fishing lures.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Or if you like being able to get your music and pictures and notes off your phone. Also a good reason to get an Android phone.
Oh, yeah, the fees you agreed to, to get that great rate on the phone.
So why don't the major U.S. carriers give any discount on the monthly bill to customers who choose to bring their own phone or to buy the phone up front at retail price? As far as I can tell, T-Mobile is the only carrier to offer this sort of price structure among the four non-MVNO nationwide carriers in the US, and T-Mobile's coverage is fourth place out of the four.