“The intellectual property battle between Samsung Electronics and Apple may have hit a turning point as the Korean company now appears to have the support of Google, which competes with Apple for supremacy in mobile operating systems,” Kim Yoo-chul reports for The Korea Times.
“Google being dragged into the bitter fight between Samsung and Apple was all too predictable,” Kim reports. “A U.S. court recently ruled to block the sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus smartphones, which were designed in collaboration with Google. Since the decision, the two firms have been working closely to create a united front against Apple’s legal offensive, said Samsung.”
Kim reports, “This is the first time Samsung confirmed it is getting help from Google in its legal battle with Apple. Google is also supporting HTC, a Taiwanese smartphone maker and a major Android player, which is also in a legal dispute with Apple… Samsung and Apple has been engaged in an increasingly ugly fight since early last year, when the latter filed a lawsuit accusing the former for ‘slavishly’ copying the look and feel of iPhones and iPads in introducing its Galaxy lineup of smartphones and touch-screen tablets.”
“After suffering back-to-back setbacks in the U.S., Samsung needs all the help it can get in its showdown with Apple,” Kim reports. “A previous court ruling also blocked Samsung’s newest Galaxy tablet from being sold in the U.S. The consecutive rulings may cost Samsung over $200 million, industry insiders say.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The armed robber and the driver of the getaway car team up to wage legal war on the bank they robbed. Makes a ton of sense – if they’re lucky enough to get that addled fool Posner to hijack another case for them.
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So it begins. I think Apple going after the manufacturers was a setup to get google indirectly involved.. Wait for them to jump in the ring.. Then the real truths behind the operating system thievery really comes into light… At the end of the day, it’s never been to go thermonuclear on the OEM’s.. It has been to get Google… And they basically just jumped in the ring against the champ who deliberately tied his good arm behind his back…
This hopefully means that the bind will be undone, and a knockout is in the cards.
It’s all been about setting precedents.. Google has played right into Apple’s plan I think..
Mapping was the only thing Apple was still dependent on Google for. Now that that’s out of the way, I can see it being an Apple Google fight.
With Siri I can see Google losing search revenue from the iPhone and desktop Safari. With new suppliers coming into Apple’s supply chain I can see Samsung losing revenue from Apple too. They are both going to lose far more than they gained.
Really. Shame on Google. Not so to Samsung as it is not up to the par. Indeed, Google should also team up with the Shanghai-based Zhizhen Network Technology to sue Apple on Siri too. Any patent dispute from Russia?
As we have seen, relying on the law to stop blatant copying is hopelessly ineffective. I think that Apple will do better by basing it’s products on technology that can’t easily be copied.
Liquid metal for the outside and greater use of custom silicon inside.
It’s been obvious for some time that Samsung is not a company that can be trusted as a partner. While there is a certain amount of movement away from Samsung as a component supplier, that process needs to be drastically accelerated.
Apple and it’s supply chain is now massive. It will take a great deal of time to wean itself from Samsung. Very difficult to find Quality in the Quantity Apple needs.
Apple has well over 100 billion in cash and liquid assets and can help build up a competitor to Samesung.
That’s a very good use of cash in my view.
PowerPC to Intel.
I remember a time when Apple didn’t look in the rearview mirror and just focused on what it did very well and let others copy their creations months/years afterwards. Android is now well past iOS and rather than innovate Apple now decides to litigate. Apple get off your butt and release new innovations more than once every 12-18 months. Truth hurts 🙁
thanks for that illuminating insight, Mister Troll.
now get back under that bridge, more goats a-coming.
Wow, this is sad. I’m perhaps one of the biggest Apple fanatics I’ve ever met (developed software and convinced development research and funds into supporting System 7.5 well into OS X) my whole home is Apple driven. Yet if I have a simple opinion that contradicts the “brilliance” of Apple … I’m suddenly a troll. Hell am I the only one who remembers the “Gentlemen start your copiers” campaign at SanFrancisco MacWorld? This is why I simply can’t read MacDailyNews. Its no longer balanced its simply blind praise. Sad 🙁
And I remember when trolls lived user bridges instead of webpages.
Yeah, I remember that too…like it was yesterday: Microsoft stole Apple’s user interface and sold it for a fraction of the cost to all takers. Apple did little/nothing to stop them. Microsoft won that war. Remember THAT time?
You saying Apple can’t innovate AND litigate? You DO know that Apple’s not a sole proprietorship…right?!?
What do YOU work on every day? Let me HAVE the fruits of your labor and then let’s see how YOU do in the marketplace…
The truth doesn’t hurt if it’s a lie and is delivered by a pimple face troll.
Are you a comedian? Cause your attempts at humor are failing…
Perhaps Apple should declare war on Google. No , I mean real war. When was the last time anyone did that? The US government. fights wars all the time without declaring them.
Apple could put Google in a State of Siege. They’re only up the road from each other. They already have security at their gates. Oh, Gates. Might as well fight a war with Microsoft too.
I can see it now. The new Apple M-16, now with SIRI integration.
More like XM-25 with Siri Integration
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, all Apple has to do is release a desktop search engine at least as good as Google’s, tie it to Safari and they are toast. I think Apple, like a cat, is just pawing their competition around before they pounce with the real kill.
Boycott Google and Samsung.
These leeches shouldn’t be allowed to win. Apple is only defending their hard earned intellectual work and innovation. These leeches are trying to live off Apple’s work. They are copying Apple then buying up patents of someone else’s work to compete. They try to argue and bypass the law. They try to abuse FRAND.
Why don’t they innovate?? If they can’t compete, then don’t cheat! Stick to web search and refrigerators!
Therefore, boycotting their products and services is the way to go. Evil is being flushed down the toilet.
MEES
“…need all the help they can get.”
Or perhaps they could just create something new so they wouldn’t to be sued.
I think their(Sam-goo) strategy is clear. Coupled with idiot Posner’s ‘Cant you just sort out some licensing deal?’ idea, Apple will have to say ‘ok, that will cost you a bazillion $ which then justifies the claim for 2.25% per device for their SEPs.
It shouldn’t work, there is no precedent and the industry heavyweights – MS, Cisco, HP etc will back Apple. I then think the mood of the courts will drift towards Samgoo’s position. Not fair but the level of litigation seems to be taxing the courts resources and patience.
Samsung and Google team up to wage legal war against Apple
BWAHAHAHA! Apparently Samsung and Google have no comprehension about war. There is the offense, that’s Apple, who ‘wage war’. Then there is the defense, that’s all the OtherPad cloners, who attempt to defend themselves. They wage nothing. They can only attempt to save themselves.
In this case, they did the crime.
Defending themselves is a waste of time.
Any ‘waging’ goes entirely to their defense lawyers. 😆