Apple vs Samsung, court orders Samsung to show Apple 5 new phones

Robbo said:
Like the Cupertino mayor at the Apple planning meeting. He looked like a right arse talking to Steve Jobs. Then he whipped his iPad 2 out at the end and couldn't even unlock it properly... :o
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Apple's taxes pretty much give Cupertino residents a better quality of life though, so you expect a bit of rear licking.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Except apple has lost other cases with such general notions. So I don't think this is anywhere near this easy.

The judge also said that why the patents stand he doesn't have much say on it.

But samsung and another company have already mounted a challenge to over turn the patents.

The other interesting thing, is if the ban gets over turned at any point, apple have to pays compensation.
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Is it the same judge which presided over the initial ruling??
 
Is there a patent design on jeans and trousers too because they all look the same.
Likewise with watches, TV's, cigarette boxes, computer mice, water bottles....etc etc

How Apple won is just beyond me!

So are other manufacturers now suppose to design tabs which look like triangles and circles...?
 
photoshop said:
So are other manufacturers now suppose to design tabs which look like triangles and circles...?
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Anything that doesn't look like this.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/61944044/Community-Design-000181607-0001 - Nothing about dimensions or the placement of buttons etc. Simply a rectangular tablet with a bezel. What a broken system.

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Even the iPad doesn't look like that. Outrageous decision.
 
Looks like my old Kodak digital photo frame, which was bought before 2010 and used touch screen buttons, as well as my HP Touchpad.

Apple have just copied a recognised design for products, slapped a patent on it and called it their own :o
 
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Robbo said:
No, but Apple patented it first, which it would seem is the only thing that matters.

That clip doesn't show anything either.
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It does seem that way with regards to your first point.

I don't agree with the second point. Apple is making an argument based on shape.

Here is another clip from slightly later on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3949GAIokg&feature=player_detailpage#t=23s

The device is meant to be a portable computer/media device and is made by IBM in the movie. The reason they are on the table is since they used front projection to mimic a flat screen which was not even invented at the time in 1968.

They were meant to be portable devices.

It shows the tablet form factor described by Apple for the first time on screen.

A rectangular tablet with a narrow surround is what Apple is describing.

It is mentioned in this post on this very page:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=20035617&postcount=245

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In this clip from DS9, Sisko is editing a picture on a touchscreen tablet(called a PADD) using gestures:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj_Mdjs5Bds

It has a red surround which is slightly thicker.

This appeared in a film in 1994:

http://gizmoninja.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tablet-newspaper.jpg

A tablet with a narrow black surround showing the front page of an electonic news paper or news feed. The device has tablet inscribed on it too.

This Samsung picture frame from 2006 looks like an iPad with a smaller screen:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/09/samsung-digital-picture-frame-stores-pics-movies-music/

Steve Jobs even paraphrases Picasso(poorly) in this video clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU

"Good artists copy great artists steal".

It seems prior art does not exist in Germany. Luckily in the Netherlands the judges seem to have more sense.

Companies seem to get away patenting almost anything.

A US company was successfully allowed a patent on "basmati rice lines and grains" until the Indian government stepped in and used diplomatic pressure to get most of the patents nullified.
 
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Pigeon_Killer said:
Apple still have the multi touch patent they were awarded in June to play with. There was talk back then of them conceivably killing the smart phone market with that patent should they wish to.
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Then if they become a monopoly,the EU and other organisations would step in and cause trouble for them. It would be deemed as "anti-competitive" practices. Look at what happened to Microsoft.

OTH,since the Apple devices use multiple patents owned by many companies(wifi and other radio related ones), other companies would fight back with these too. This is why Nokia won against Apple.
 
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Won't happen am sure Apple would have used it if they could have by now to stop all competitors, would make no sense for the to have competition around if they can be the sole provider for things
 
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