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| Samsung derides Android's multitouch, Apple praises it |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-09-08 11:58:22 |
| "While Apple's technology is a 'very nice invention', the technique used in Android differs from the iOS solution, argued Bas Berghuis van Woortman, one of Samsung's lawyers. Because the Android based method is more hierarchical the system is more complex and therefore harder for developers to use, he said. [...] Apple disagrees. 'They suggest that they have a lesser solution, but that is simply not true', said Apple's lawyer Theo Blomme to judge Peter Blok, who presided over a team of three judges, in a response to Samsung's claim." I just wish these companies and their lawyers could see and hear themselves. If only for a few seconds. Not even Monty Python could write this. By the way, all these patents were already thrown out last year by the Dutch courts, but Apple started a 'bottom procedure', a more thorough handling of the case. Three expert IP judges preside, and due to the earlier ruling, Apple is fighting an uphill battle. |
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| Pythonesque indeed |
| By phti on 2012-09-08 12:30:59 |
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Even the Samsung lawyer's name seems mocked up by Monty Python. Edited 2012-09-08 12:31 UTC |
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| The patent troll apple again |
| By Janvl on 2012-09-08 12:56:23 |
| No one should buy their stuff, you do not feed trolls. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: The patent troll apple again |
| By redshift on 2012-09-08 13:07:37 |
| They are all trolls... get the phone that suites your needs. |
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| RE[2]: The patent troll apple again |
| By Janvl on 2012-09-08 15:02:56 |
| All trolls are equal but some are more trolls then others . . . |
| - Score: 3 |
| RE[2]: The patent troll apple again |
| By 0brad0 on 2012-09-08 16:24:17 |
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> They are all trolls... Not even close to being true and Apple started all of this. |
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| RE: Pythonesque indeed |
| By jal_ on 2012-09-08 21:40:34 |
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That's quite a normal Dutch name, actually. (Edit: if his name is Berghuis, and Woortman the firm as I interpreted it. Otherwise he's just pretentious :)) Edited 2012-09-08 21:44 UTC |
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| RE[3]: The patent troll apple again |
| By Tony Swash on 2012-09-08 22:58:26 |
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> > They are all trolls... Not even close to being true and Apple started all of this. No they didn't. Samsung decided to adopt a strategy of copying Apple. That's where these problems started. Samsung could make it's own dent in the universe. It chose not to. Which is a shame. Even Microsoft managed to come up something original for the smart phone. It's not impossible. Just hard. |
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| Perverse |
| By Hypnos on 2012-09-09 03:30:53 |
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That in the tech space you have one multinational trashing its own technology, and a competing multinational praising, all because of some patent litigation. Is this competition? |
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| RE[4]: The patent troll apple again |
| By WereCatf on 2012-09-09 07:25:57 |
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> No they didn't. Samsung decided to adopt a strategy of copying Apple. That's where these problems started. Samsung could make it's own dent in the universe. The question that begs for an answer is: at what point does being similar become copying, and at what point does copying go from flattering to wrong? I, for example, own a Galaxy Note that very, very clearly is nowhere near an iPhone yet I've still seen comments from Apple-fans claiming that it, too, is copying Apple's products. |
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| Slightly confusing blurb |
| By darknexus on 2012-09-09 07:36:42 |
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> "While Apple's technology is a 'very nice invention', the technique used in Android differs from the iOS solution, argued Bas Berghuis van Woortman, one of Samsung's lawyers. Because the Android based method is more hierarchical the system is more complex and therefore harder for developers to use, he said. [...] Apple disagrees. 'They suggest that they have a lesser solution, but that is simply not true', said Apple's lawyer Theo Blomme to judge Peter Blok, who presided over a team of three judges, in a response to Samsung's claim." I'm to blame for reading the comments before the article but, from this blurb, it sounds to me like Apple is disagreeing with Samsung about Android having a lesser solution to multi-touch rather than still attempting to attack. My own fault, but a bit humorous anyway. Silly me, of course Apple is still on the attack. I'm going to go slap myself for being irrationally optimistic. |
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