“As it turns out, stealing key ideas from other companies and then using its own portfolio of patents to draw out lawsuits is a tactic that Samsung used long before Apple came into the picture,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. “‘According to various court records and people who have worked with Samsung, ignoring competitors’ patents is not uncommon for the Korean company. And once it’s caught it launches into the same sort of tactics used in the Apple case: countersue, delay, lose, delay, appeal, and then, when defeat is approaching, settle,’ [Vanity Fair reports].”
“In 2007, Sharp filed a lawsuit against Samsung, alleging that the South Korean company had violated its patents,” Clover reports. “Samsung countersued, drawing out the lawsuit as it continued to produce TV sets using the stolen technology, building up its TV business. Samsung was found guilty of patent infringement years later in 2009, at which point it settled with Sharp to avoid an import ban.”
“There’s a similar story with Pioneer, who filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung over plasma television technology in 2006. Samsung countersued, dragging on litigation and appeals until a 2009 settlement. The long and expensive legal battle caused Pioneer to shut down its television business while Samsung thrived,” Clover reports. “Samsung has pulled the same stunt with Kodak, Apple, and several other technology companies.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Samsung = filth.
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