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The U.S. patent office rules an Apple (AAPL) patent used in its pinch-to-zoom implementation...
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Thursday, December 20, 2012, 2:41 AM ETThe U.S. patent office rules an Apple (AAPL) patent used in its pinch-to-zoom implementation shouldn't have been granted, boosting Samsung (SSNLF.PK) in its attempt to overturn a $1.05B U.S. jury verdict against it in its global IP war with Apple. The patent was one of six that Samsung was ruled to have breached in the companies' summer trial and is the second of those six to have been preliminarily struck down.
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Explain to me how this illustrates anti-business
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“It’s a strike against Apple, but it is far from the whole ballgame,” said Mark A. Lemley, a Stanford Law School professor.
Apple is likely to challenge the patent office’s action this week, as it did the October decision.
If the patent office’s rejections hold up after Apple makes its appeals, the court could grant Samsung’s motion for a new trial. It is more likely, however, that the damages award will be considerably reduced, said James Bessen, a patent expert at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.
Which is why on a "preliminary ruling" the patent is still enforceable. This is like the DOMA court cases; none of them mean anything until it gets to the final decision or someone throws in the towel. And no one is throwing in the towel. Both Samsung and Apple will appeal all decisions until the final bell is rung.
Apple doesn't care about the damages and neither does Samsung. It's pocket change for each of them.
Samsung's anti trust violations in the EU are far more interesting and with Samsung dropping their suits against Apple in the EU it's an indication that they're trying to placate the EU before they make their decision. Or you could believe that BS Samsung claims that they're doing it for altruistic reasons.
And, let's not forget that intellectual property theft is a national past-time in most Asian cultures; especially in China.
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This Samsung exec can't live without Apple.
http://bit.ly/RcKyOP
The antennagate was another overblown flaw. Did you ever see how you had to hold the iPhone to get the problem. You had to grab your phone in a death grip. And even at that, Apple would give you a free case if you didn't already have one.
Or are you talking about the purple haze that exists on Samsung phones as well. An Apple problem that turned out to be the same problem every camera has ... it's called "flare".
That could explain why there's no Android web traffic. All bricks. But they're happy with their bricks.
These growing feathers plucked from Apple's wing, will make it fly an ordinary pitch,. Who else would soar above the view of men. And keep us all in servile fearfulness.
The bard had it right...
Under present practice, the only winners are lawyers and judges.
If Apple continues its innovation, the copycats can't keep up.
What do you know about the litigation systems in Japan, South Korea or Germany?