Comments on: Judge bars Steve Jobs’ ‘thermonuclear’ comments in Samsung patent infringement trial

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:57:54 +0000

I don’t understand why Apple isn’t allowed to have a bias against a competitor, especially one who they believe stole their IP. That’s the whole idea. Even wanting to run that competitor into the ground is fine unless they do so by engaging in some prohibited activity.

By: The Other Steve

The Other Steve — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:18:43 +0000

It is relevant legally only if Google and Samsung claim that Android was in development before the iPhone.

By: Shadowself

Shadowself — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:36:10 +0000

Unfortunately the before and after really does not matter much legally. Just because Google saw the iPhone, realized it was much better and changed direction is not, in and of itself, illegal.

The legal crux of the matter is whether the Goolgle “after” implementation violates any of Apples design IP that is protected by law (patented, copyrighted, etc., etc.)

Everyone should remember, you CANNOT patent or copyright an IDEA. You can only protect certain, specific implementations of those ideas. Did Google improperly copy those protected implementations. Apple certainly thinks it has.

By: Angelus520

Angelus520 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:09:04 +0000

That old Android phone looks like a copy of my Nokia e61, the last phone I had before I got my iPhone 3G. Don’t miss that at all.

By: breeze

breeze — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:15:43 +0000

MDN: cc Apple’s lawyers these pics, just in case they forgot

By: progressiveagentprovocateur

progressiveagentprovocateur — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:12:20 +0000

Re MDN Take:
You are trying to speak common sense and factual information to the Fandroid crowd. That’s not commonly a successful tactic.

Anyone with a brain and eyes can tell that Google’s Fandroid, Samesung, et al. have lifted and aped the look and feel of the iOS and iPhone hardware. I would imagine that Google shit a 10 lb. brick when they saw the iPhone and ‘re-imagined’ the device similarly.

As to lawsuits, we can all name a number of civil as well as criminal cases where justice was NOT done, was not served and the results just flat wrong. O.J. Simpson searching for the ‘real killers’ of his ex on the Golf courses of Florida after the Judge Ito’s trial comes to mind.

Of course, justice is eventually served as karma is a bitch. Judge Ito is losing his court and courtroom in budget cuts.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/04/17/judge-itos-courtroom-among-56-to-close-due-to-budget-cuts/

O.J Simpson’s home for the rest of his days.

http://www.doc.nv.gov/?q=node/26