Comments on: Samsung’s exposure: It can survive the Apple hit

By: Manoj

Manoj — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:48:43 +0000

Rounded corners should not be a matter of conflict, can you imagine a tv with oval or round shape similarly should every manufacturer other than apple make a phone with sharp edges only even if it may injure the user, how can a web page on a normal size smartphone be seen without panning and zooming … I think it is childish … May or may not it seems a war like this in future will compel a user to study patent law before purchasing a smartphone

By: Henry 3 Dogg

Henry 3 Dogg — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:09:33 +0000

They may or may not have a vested interest in Samsung too. The most surprising result was failure to convict the Galaxy Tab which so clearly breaches Apple’s design rights that after the jury found those rights to be valid, it seems almost inevitable that the judge will overturn that ruling.

There are many companies that are granted far more US patents that Apple. Canon for example is granted several times as many. Apple just gets the ones that matter.

By: Henry 3 Dogg

Henry 3 Dogg — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:01:52 +0000

“Samsung can easily absorb the $1 billion judgement if Friday’s jury award holds. With a $4.5 billion profit in the second quarter alone”

True

But if the judge follows the jury’s guidance on wilfulness, and triples the damages to $3.1 billion when that will hurt.

And that’s just for the first 7 patents. Many more were dropped without prejudice from the suit. They will now be pursued.

And those damages only related to sales in the US. There are other markets to consider.

Then there are ongoing licensing costs or damages related to the same patents, after the trial.

No. Samsung can easily absorb a one off hit of $1Billion. But it cannot easily absorb the implications of this ruling. It is going to have to change it’s ways.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:48:54 +0000

So Apple have invented USB now? Lol

By: whiffer2

whiffer2 — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:02:42 +0000

mad bro? http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/MK-BW767_GOLIAT_NS_20120826180609.jpg

By: Kevin Fitchard

Kevin Fitchard — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:09:37 +0000

Good point PXLated,

Qualcomm have been duking it out for years with the whole mobile industry over the guts of the phone. We even got to the point of FTC ban on phones containing Qualcomm chips. Those fights definitely got noticed, but not on the level of Apple-Samsung.

By: Holo

Holo — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 06:39:02 +0000

Samsung “sold” 50 million smartphones?

Says who?

Not Samsung, that’s for sure.

Why are writers so non critical about these unsubstantiated figures thrown about by analysts who don’t reveal their methodology?

Hey, Samsung was thought to have sold “millions” of Galaxy Tabs and this court revealed actual sales were in the low hundreds of thousands in the US, making it highly unlikely sales topped even a million worldwide.

Seriously, is the writer going to continue to believe Samsung sold 50 millions smartphones when they let firms flout sales of millions of tablets knowing how few they actually sold?

By: SP

SP — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:56:19 +0000

AAPL offered to license Samsung its designs for $25-$50/unit, but SMSNG refused. Nice of AAPL offer, especially since SMSNG had clearly stolen from them. SMSNG was just too greedy to recognize common sense, now they’re paying for it.

By: PXLated

PXLated — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 04:34:05 +0000

John B. — With all new tech for the times – Automotive, aircraft, electricity, etc. – There’s always been huge legal battles and the courts (juries) are the ones that ultimately decide the fate of patent validity. There’s really nothing new here in the Apple/Samsung battle. Big markets (and profit potential) always bring big litigation. It’s litigation that sorts everything out.

By: Holo

Holo — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 03:20:45 +0000

Funny how you don’t find this “appalling”

http://cdn.mactrast.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Samsung-Vs-Apple-Cable.jpg

Or how about this?

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5kj0BUzK1r3kdlto1_500.png

Nope, Apple is crazy to be upset about this too

http://todaysiphone.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/samsung-111019.png

Because there’s only ONE way to design rounded rectangles, right?

http://cdn.iphonehacks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/iphone-4s-vs-nokia-lumia-800.jpg

Whoops! I guess Samsung has no idea how to design on their own!

They definitely should stay out of the watch business, too, because it seems watch designers have no problems differentiating a round face with two hands and 12 numerals.

Or maybe Samsung should enroll their execs and designers in Creative Thinking 101.

Funny how Microsoft is more innovative these days than google and Samsung