Was Samsung just fined or will they have to stop selling their stuff? Does that mean Apple effectively won a near monopoly?
Everyone on the board of directors need to be raped by huge black men with 12 inch cocks.
I don't care if you like Apple or Samsung.
This is a terrible precedent for everybody.
I repeat: fuck the patent system.
I do enjoy Apple's products, and it's nice that we won and all, but they really didn't need to sue.
It's all a load of bullshit.
......I'm seriously losing faith in the whole patent system when it comes down to simple concepts and product looks.
OMG suddenly erry phone copied the iPhone!!!!1!11!!11!1one!1!!one!!
I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that touch screen tech finally matured to the point that made buttons redundant. Then essentially claiming they copied the snap to grid icon system?
Yeah that's been in like every OS and anything resembling a smartphone/PDA for FREAKING EVER!
Oh and Bill Gates is actually a philanthropist.. what has Apple done to the world except make expensive toys and creating a cult of hipsters?
Agreed. It's said that it's why the d-pad for a lot of controllers are ass.
As for this lawsuit I wonder how technically inclined those jurors were, and how many of them were just suckers for Apple. I am a Gnex owner, it's a fantastic phone. I don't hate Apple, but this seems pretty lopsided. Strangling out competition entirely is harmful to the consumer, the industry, innovation, and the economy. I wonder if there will be appeals.
Samsung wasn't innovating, it was replicating. And, as a result of Apple's victory, companies will think twice before borrowing ideas from the competition. Perhaps companies will come up with their own unique ideas from here on out (that's the definition of innovation).
Now imagine what the games industry would look like if developers stopped stealing ideas--I'm talking to you Playstation All Stars!
What unique ideas the color scheme (read black/white) on a rectangular touchscreen device? Simple concepts on how to use a touchscreen?
Imagine if this sort of crap was acceptable decades ago, you could say good fucking bye to Ctrl+C or any other multi button shortcuts. Because some jackass would have patented and litigated over one of the most basic keyboard concepts.
I'm not saying all their claims are completely batshit insane .... just most of them. If they want to take it down to the code level and say "Look we have the pattent on this method of doing X and they copied us line for line" then I might be able to see this.... but instead we are getting "I thought of this vague concept first (and odds are they didn't think of it first they were just the first with an army of patent lawyers who bulldozed it through first) so no one else can EVER use it" Sorry that's fucking bullshit
Now imagine what the games industry would look like if developers stopped stealing ideas--I'm talking to you Playstation All Stars!"
It hurts innovation because it keeps product developers from improving on already-made concepts. It also farts all over the idea of competition and the benefits that creates for customers. They're a half a step away from a monopoly.
This really sets a dangerous precedent of Apple pulling the wool on ignorant masses.
Needless to say, I will balk at any Apple products from now on.

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