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Galaxy Nexus made lawsuit-proof, judge narrows Apple's claims against Samsung
Samsung Electronics' CEO JK Shin gave an interview in which he mentioned that the new Galaxy Nexus was created from the ground up to avoid any chance of being caught up in patent infringement claims by Apple: "Now we will avoid everything we can and take patents very seriously. We will see if (the Galaxy Nexus) will be 100 percent free."

Samsung is countersuing Apple in Californian court about patents related with the 3G standard it holds, and is asking for banning phones that use them, like the iPhone 4S, for example. Apple cried foul that Samsung filed for those patents after the 3G consortium came up with a standard, and used some excessive claims about its opponent, which Judge Lucy Koh just shot down, narrowing Apple's defensive claims against Samsung, and sending Cupertino's lawyers back to the drawing board. Samsung has filed similar counter-lawsuits in almost every country Apple has taken it to the court as well.

Samsung's CEO JK Shin is obviously not very enthusiastic about the legal war waging between his company and Apple: "I think it is just a start and (the lawsuits) will last for a considerable time. I don't think there is much gain (from lawsuits against Apple). What we are losing is the pride in our brand... (I realized that) having technological power and being business savvy aren't enough," he notes rightfully.

Word has it that Steve Jobs learned that same thing the hard way during the legal battles its own Apple went in with Microsoft back in the days, and then he vouched to never be caught unprepared in terms of intellectual property to defend the company again. That vow is now coming to haunt Android, and especially Samsung's devices boasting Andy, the green robot. 

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1. arcq12 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 08:05 11 3

Apple should stop the bullsh*t.

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6. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 08:47 3 13

not all apple's fault. stop being delusional.

12. arcq12 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 09:24 8 2

course it's all their fault, no action no re-action. Apple is over reacting about the copying thing they accuse Samsung. Samsung is their biggest threat.

14. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 09:34 4 3

apple did not start corporate patent law suits. this is not new.

27. arcq12 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 11:21 5

they made it mainstream.. and even things like the phone's and tab's form factor they sue.. non sensical..

35. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 12:15 2

they didnt make it main stream. the media did.

50. ardent1 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 15:17

Not mainstream. Apple took on Samsung because very few companies can afford these expensive legal ventures.

Samsung has been adjudicated in several courts around the world that Samsung infringed on Apple's IP.

66. cheetah2k posted on 19 Oct 2011, 18:28 2

Agreed.

Why is it that when I do a search in Google for "Patent Troll", Apple always comes up???

BWAHAHAAHHA!

16. ivanko34 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 09:44 6 3

apple cannot do anything else. They have no new products to offer, just a single one old model. The only chance of apple is to block the others

18. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 09:53 3 5

this tired old argument might have some truth to it if apple were having any trouble selling iphones.

so, please, give up on this single one old comment.

24. Doakie posted on 19 Oct 2011, 10:47 3

this tired old denial might have some truth to it if apple had not taken 16 months to release their REFRESH to the dated iphone 4.

so, please, give up on this single one old denial.

25. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 11:15 3

scoreboard

28. arcq12 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 11:23 2

we're talking about innovation, not sales.. no one argues apple's sales.. iphone is always on top of the sales chart.. but not the innovation..

30. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 11:38 3

"The only chance of apple is to block the others"

point was not about innovation, it was about apple's "chance". since it is a business, its "chances" are based on profit, which apple has more of than the competition.

33. remixfa posted on 19 Oct 2011, 12:10 2

thats because iOS users are willing to pay super premiums for low to midline equipment. go apple for milking suckers dry.

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36. taco50 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 12:39 8

Oh look it's the village idiot

42. remixfa posted on 19 Oct 2011, 13:53 4

is that your generic answer for whenever im right and you have no idiotic point to counter it?

no wonder I hear you repeat ardent's FAILED attempt at discrediting me over n over again.. lol. you guys are so sad, jaded, and pathetic. :)

64. ardent1 posted on 19 Oct 2011, 18:22 5

remixfa wants the world to believe only he know RD expenses truly belongs in gross margins and damn what US GAAP states.

remixfa like to believe courts in Europe like in Germany and the Netherlands are "kangeroo courts"

remixfa is just so sad and pathetic on so many levels.

remixfa is such an EPIC FAILURE since he is babbling village idiot.

38. ayephoner posted on 19 Oct 2011, 12:47

this is the mindset that kills me.

just because hardware specs are less does not make the entire system inferior. the OS is designed to run efficiently on the hardware they use. you pay for the entire package, hardware AND software and the experience that they provide. you might discount that experience, but there are plenty of very smart people that make an informed decision on the iphone.

44. remixfa posted on 19 Oct 2011, 13:58 2

i didnt say anything about superiority or inferiority of the entire system. The equipment itself is sub par. it doesnt need to be top notch as iOS isnt as feature filled as android and doesnt need the horsepower.
You are paying for the " apple experience".. which is a nice way of saying you are being charged a premium for the brand name.. and a crazy high premium at that.

I am 100% for capitalism, so if the market (aka you guys) is willing to give apple a 70% profit margin, then go apple for making people care more about brand than value/feature ratios for their dollar. Apple's strength has always been its simple OS, stability, and marketing.

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