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| Apple wins |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-24 23:54:10 |
| And just like that, within a matter of days, the jury has reached a verdict in Apple vs. Samsung. The basic gist is simple: Apple's software patents are valid, and many Samsung devices infringe upon them. Apple's iPhone 3G trade dress is valid, and Samsung's Galaxy S line infringes, but other devices did not. Samsung did not infringe Apple's iPad design patent. Apple did not infringe any of Samsung's patents. Apple is awarded a little over $1 billion in damages. Competition lost today, and developers in the United States should really start to get worried - software patents got validated big time today. |
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| RE: Everybody wins |
| By Mellin on 2012-08-25 00:13:51 |
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Apple is going to be banned forever in my home and if my work place gets apple products i will not touch them the court was bought by apple the one who gave me a -1 is an apple retard! Edited 2012-08-25 00:27 UTC |
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| RE: Everybody wins |
| By lakerssuperman on 2012-08-25 00:16:26 |
| I understand your wish for people to innovate, but are you saying that a case which validated software patents is going to spur innovation when all software patents have done so far is hurt innovation? |
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| RE: Everybody wins |
| By linux-lover on 2012-08-25 00:17:54 |
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This is bad for innovation. Not that Samsung was not copying Apple design (they obivously were heavily influenced by the iphone), it is bad because ludicrous software patents were validated. Any software developer knows that all software patents should be invalidated. But really? Pinch to zoom? Are you kidding me? |
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| Comment by Thom_Holwerda |
| By Thom_Holwerda on 2012-08-25 00:21:04 |
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Maybe someone here can answer this for me. People like John Gruber - rooting for Apple here, obviously - support App.net. However, App.net is a 1:1 Twitter clone. Zero changes. It's literally a 1:1 copy. Why is App.net okay, but Samsung's clearly different devices are not? This has been bugging me for weeks. |
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| RE[2]: Everybody wins |
| By WorknMan on 2012-08-25 00:21:39 |
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> s going to be banned forever in my home and if my work place gets apple products i will not touch them. Well, I don't see Google or Samsung on Capital Hill demanding an end to software patents, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for either of them. When you are a willing participant in a fight and get the shit kicked out of you, well... sucks to be you. This is simply a case of big companies doing what big companies do. Samsung is going to appeal this, and of course it will drag on for several more years, and tech blogs will continue to be polluted with this incessant bullshit. |
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| RE[3]: Everybody wins |
| By linux-lover on 2012-08-25 00:28:06 |
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You are the brainwashed one. The percentage of the millions of people who use Apple products who even read websites like these or are aware of software patents and the like is minimal. Most people don't know about the smartphone wars or any of this litigation. Plenty of people use Apple products and are not "brainwashed". The "brainwashed" are a vocal minority of fanbois. It's like calling every windows user brainwashed by microsoft. Saying that is insulting everyone who has ever used a computer. It's a silly joke at best. |
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| RE[3]: Everybody wins |
| By Mellin on 2012-08-25 00:29:42 |
| Apple is a patent troll |
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| The danger of software patents |
| By Hypnos on 2012-08-25 00:31:40 |
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Let us remember some wise words from Donald Knuth on software patents: http://eupat.ffii.org/gasnu/knut... |
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| RE[2]: Everybody wins |
| By linux-lover on 2012-08-25 00:32:10 |
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See the thing is patents on software itself is ridiculous. Code is written, writing is protected by copyright. Code in many ways is really just mathematics, and math is not patentable. I am not a lawyer, but can't you only patent methods and implementations? Not ideas? Correct me if I am wrong. Edited 2012-08-25 00:33 UTC |
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| RE[4]: Everybody wins |
| By WorknMan on 2012-08-25 00:32:29 |
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> Apple is a patent troll LOL, Apple actually makes products. But speaking of being heavy-handed with patents, we all know that Microsoft makes a lot of money on Android sales for this very reason. So when I've seen Windows users/Xbox 360 owners screaming about 'boycott Apple!' today as a result of this verdict, the irony isn't lost on me. For the record, I do not own any Apple products. |
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