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Apple's Legal Fight With Samsung Revealed a Gold Mine of Top-Secret Information (bgr.com)
An anonymous reader writes with this story about how the Apple vs. Samsung battle brought to light the inner workings of Apple product development. BGR reports: "Following a contentious patent battle that raged on for nearly five years, Samsung last week finally agreed to pay Apple $548 million in damages for infringing upon a number of iPhone and iPad patents. While Samsung may still be holding out hope that it may someday recover those millions, it seems that we can finally start closing the book on the most widely publicized patent dispute in recent memory, one which saw Apple and Samsung battle it out in courtrooms across all corners of the globe.
One of the more interesting aspects of Apple's legal battle with Samsung is that it gave us an unprecedented look behind the veil of secrecy that typically shrouds all aspects of Apple's product development and day-to-day operations. Over the course of discovery, innumerable court filings, and a fascinating trial, the inner workings of Apple were brought to the forefront for the fist time in history. From photographs of iPhone prototypes to how Apple conducts market research, Apple's legal battles with Samsung provided tech enthusiasts with a treasure trove of previously top-secret information.
With Samsung now agreeing to pony up for damages, we thought it'd be a good time to take a step back, reminisce, and take a look at some of the more interesting nuggets of information the hard-fought patent dispute brought to light."
One of the more interesting aspects of Apple's legal battle with Samsung is that it gave us an unprecedented look behind the veil of secrecy that typically shrouds all aspects of Apple's product development and day-to-day operations. Over the course of discovery, innumerable court filings, and a fascinating trial, the inner workings of Apple were brought to the forefront for the fist time in history. From photographs of iPhone prototypes to how Apple conducts market research, Apple's legal battles with Samsung provided tech enthusiasts with a treasure trove of previously top-secret information.
With Samsung now agreeing to pony up for damages, we thought it'd be a good time to take a step back, reminisce, and take a look at some of the more interesting nuggets of information the hard-fought patent dispute brought to light."
You seriously think there is a secret in the success of the always-deficient-apple-hardware? All their devices are worse performing than their competitors. This is not secret nazi technology.
That was just stupid.
> AppleDontCare
That's the truth. I bought a new MacBook with AppleCare last night, and it wouldn't boot out of the box. They wanted to give me a refurbished one as a replacement. I bought a new laptop so I don't want a used one. I left the laptop with them and ordered another from MacMall (no sales tax!). They said they would only refund a part (90%) of what they charged me for the laptop since it was opened. Looks like I need to do a chargeback.
Seeing as the iPhone is a blatant copy in form factor and icon grid style Sony already had, which caused Apple to dump what they were working on. Your zealotry fanboisms fails when it comes to real life facts. Furthermore, Apple can only use product made by LG and Samsung. If the real R&D done in South Korea and Japan wasn't done, Apple would be fucked. They don't make anything, they pick existing parts from other manufacturers and put them together. That's it, that's all they do. Little more than 80s electronic enthusiasts choosing components from datasheets for their hobby product.
Whaaa whaaaa, lickle baby upset now. Boo hoo. Life tip: Don't project a corporations personality onto your self. You don't exist to them beyond your wallet, fool.
Did you miss the part where you aren't being literal enough? Wtf is the difference between a Trade 'Secret' and a Trade 'Top Secret'?
Top Secret is a classification given to sensitive government information. It is not related to Trade Secrets in the least. There was no Top Secret information revealed in the court filings. If there were people would be getting indicted for mishandling classified information. Just because YOU use the term too loosely doesn't change the fact that only STATE SECRETS, not TRADE SECRETS, can be classified as TOP SECRET.