Apple vs. Samsung
Apple sued and beat Samsung earlier this year. Now Samsung is looking to do the same - with the iPhone 5.
Apple continues its aggressive legal battle against Samsung with a new request for $707 million in damages, on top of the $1.05 billion that the Cupertino company has already been rewarded for patent infringement.
This was not what Apple had anticipated. The mediocre reviews for the iOS6, the attention given to the initial hiccups and even quips that a lot of the new apps were "unfinished" and such major features as Passbook were looked upon as a missed opportunity.
For years Apple has 'bullied' rival companies with ads such as the infamous "Mac vs. PC" attacks or lawsuits (the more recent Samsung one comes to mind). Other companies have tried to fight back, but Apple's innovation has left them weak and pointless.
Apple and Samsung are going at it again. In a case filed in February of this year in the United States, separate from the case in which Apple was awarded over a billion dollars in damages, Samsung filed a document with the same U.S. district court on Wednesday saying that it "anticipates" accusing Apple's iPhone 5 of violating the same patents as the iPhone 4.
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung a previous motion that the company had filed asking for the sales ban on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be dissolved. As such, Koh vacated the upcoming September 20th hearing that had been scheduled for both parties to discuss the product ban issue.
The Samsung vs. Apple wars have intensified over the last year as a lawsuit pitted both companies against one another. The release of their latest mobile devices in anticipation of the holiday season has only made the tensions rise to the point that Samsung has essentially declared and all out war on Apple that has the feel and look of the current presidential campaign.
It is not uncommon for President Barack Obama to attack Mitt Romney as they vie to become the next "leader of the free world" but for a company to use nasty ads in a battle for consumer attention seems a bit out of the ordinary.
Samsung vs Apple or Obama vs Romney?
Can the real election campaign of Fall 2012 please stand up? (At least one really does have to do with free market enterprise.)
Apple scored a noteworthy courtroom victory over Samsung on Friday in the epic battle over patent infringement that the two companies have recently been embroiled in.
As a result of the recent onslaught of Apple/Samsung litigation over intellectual property issues in courtrooms around the world, the public perspective on Apple as a company has dampened significantly. However, with the launch of the iPhone 5 expected the day after tomorrow, will Apple be able to regain the love and respect from consumers that it once held so firmly? Let's take a moment to consider...
The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has begun investigating Samsung to see if the electronics giant is unfairly competing in the mobile phones market by abusing its dominance in wireless technology patents.
After all of Apple's recent announcements regarding its various lawsuits against Samsung for patent infringement issues, the company has finally made a non-legal announcement about a new product launch on September 12th.
The Apple and Samsung battle continues onto the computer world as the South Korean company showcased their Series 9 WQHD ultrabook.
If Apple succeeds in getting Samsung's flagship smartphone banned in the U.S., Samsung could face a rough road ahead.
Over the past month Apple has shown up in court to face Samsung on a number of patent infringement charges, claiming that Samsung has stole a significant amount of intellectual property and should be punished for doing so. Apple has won all but one court case. In the United States a jury decided against Samsung and mandated that the company pay Apple over $1 billion in damages. Even so, Apple has filed another brief in a California court this time going after Samsung's newer line of galaxy products. Consumers around the world are responding to media reports, sounding off with heated opinions both for and against the iPhone maker.
