“I said yesterday that it appeared quite weak that Samsung didn’t defend the U.S. version of its product but instead agreed not to sell it in Australia,” Florian Mueller writes for FOSS Patents. “That part was just confirmed by Samsung: they committed not to sell it. I fully believe them that they never planned to sell it there anyway, but if they thought the product faces no (potential) infringement issues, they wouldn’t have entered into such an agreement. If you don’t plan to travel to the North Pole next month and I ask you to guarantee to me in writing that you won’t do it, would you sign it? I’m sure you’d refuse to do so, arguing that I have no right to demand such a commitment.”
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“I invite Samsung to explain why the Australian version of the product will be more defensible than the U.S. version as far as Apple’s asserted, mostly multi-touch-related, patents are concerned,” Mueller writes. “Absent a plausible explanation, Samsung’s comment on the Australian situation only serves as additional confirmation that Apple is making headway (which doesn’t necessarily mean that Apple will get an injunction, but Samsung doesn’t exude confidence as far as the asserted patents are concerned).”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: People don’t want half-assed imitations. They want iPads.
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Anyone who purchases a Galaxy Tab 10.1 should be able to sue whoever told them that buying this tablet is a good choice. These consumers should also be able to sue Samsung for confusing them into buying a counterfeit iPad 2.
Trouble is with your joke… there are far too many people in the litigious US who would like to do just that. “I bought a crappy product for stupid reasons. There must be someone I can sue.”
Perhaps we should allow people to sue themselves. It would solve several problems at one time.
The only relevant question Australians will ask upon being presented with a Samsung Galaxy Tab will be: can I use it as a surfboard? It’ll be useless as anything else.
Too small for a surf board. Maybe a boogie board?
I stand corrected. Boogie board indeed. Or even a beer can holder. Yes, indeedy.
Or a serving plate for cheese and crackers. If it were the 80’s, you could use it as a very cool cocaine table.
Well you’d need to be blowing coke to buy that piece of turd anyway so I can see it being used that way.
A mini boogie board!
Interesting topic… mmmm, but on one here seems remotely interested.
It’s a pity. Now that MDN is flush with news and Apple’s star couldn’t possibly get much higher, crickets.
CRICKETS!