“Today the Mannheim Regional Court held two hearings involving Apple and Samsung,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents. “In the first one, Apple was the defendant; in the second one, Samsung faced a lawsuit from Apple over a rather famous (slide-to-unlock) patent.”
“But the most interesting parts came up right at the beginning of the session,” Mueller reports. “With the help of two additional law firms, Samsung is now suing Apple over four more patents in Mannheim, in addition to three that were already asserted in April. Apple, for its part, is suing Samsung over six patents in Mannheim. One of [Samsung’s patents] is, ironically, a smiley input patent [“emoticon input method for mobile terminal”]. The four new patents include two FRAND patents and two unencumbered patents. The smiley patent is part of the latter group.”
In addition, Mueller reports, “Samsung is backtracking with respect to Apple products containing Qualcomm baseband chips, which at this stage means the iPhone 4S… This is a defensive move no matter how you look at it, and most likely it’s due to the setback Samsung suffered in France last week, where a motion for a preliminary injunction against the iPhone 4S was denied because the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris held that Apple’s use of Qualcomm baseband chips eliminated the need for a separate license from Samsung. Samsung can still bring 3G patent assertions against the iPhone 4S. It hasn’t waived that right. But if it thought it had a strong case in that regard, today’s backtracking wouldn’t make sense.”
Much more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Hey, Samsung, posted from an iPhone 4S: 🙂
+1 on the take.
agree
someone should Tatoo a smiley face on Samsung’s boss’ butt since he likes it so much…
(oh.. maybe he already HAS one).
Yes, he already has one. He thought it would make the other person smile when he asked them to kiss his a$$.
It was the only original idea he’s had.
LOL +10
Wth isn’t all phones has that Smiley icons.
Again…F*ck Samsung!
“emoticon input method for mobile terminal”
How the fuck can you patent the use of ASCII or text characters to make symbols? And what has it to do with Apple? Totally nonsensical.
A smiley patent? Did Samsung just run out of useful stuff to hitapple with? Or something else….
I really find it hard to believe why anyone would sue over emoticons. Is just plain crazy. Perhaps they should hit apple with a frowning patent next and see what impact that would have.
It will be a great day when Apple severs all relations with Samsung.
As an aside I am a little puzzledas to why Apple’s contracts with Samsung did’t protect Apple from the kind of copying that Samsung seems to do.then Apple would be suing under breach of contract, rather than having to prove a patent or design right. There could have been a non competition clause etc. Obviously it all would have been a matter of negotiation for the parties. Maybe Apple needed Samsung enough not to press these issues when the supply deal was made.
I am a little puzzled as to why Apple’s contracts with Samsung didn’t protect Apple from the kind of copying that Samsung seems to do
The law already mandates Apple’s IP rights. What’s the point of writing out the obvious into a contract? The validity of the IP rights still have to be proven with your proposed breach of contract in order to determine if a breach occurred.
And then I had a brilliant revelation, brought on by the delirium induced by my cold medicine:
What we have is a typical contemporary business era company, Samsung, who flagrantly and flatulently break the rules while ranting that they have every right to do so. IOW they are an insane company, as is extremely common these days. Thus our ongoing worldwide economic depression.
IOW: The murderers of capitalism, of the moment, are NOT socialist totalitarian scum, (not yet anyway as China is biding its time). The current murderers of capitalism are little spoiled brat suits waving worthless pieces of paper over their heads that have “Master of Business Administration” printed on them. This is an inside job.
Samsung just happen to have their Hubris Setting on ’11’, which I personally find to be a great source of amusement and laughter. Look at the self-destructive clown! Isn’t he funny? 😆
Thus the economic depression creaks on…
Consider this a period of corporate rectal impaction. The feces have taken up residence and taken over management. The cure will come and you know what it will be. Quoth the Joker, everyone’s favorite self-destructive clown:
“This town needs is an enema!”
Apple diligently eats its fibre everyday. 🙂
Samsung =
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I think I owe Samsung a buck!
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Last year bought a samsung tv. And thats for the last time SAMSUNG!! U’ll never be in my life again, u bitch!!!
Excellent work Samsung. Looks like you’ve sewn it all up with that strategic move. 😆
(hey samsung: you are soooo screwed!)