Features - QOTW: Apple vs. Samsung - you be the judge

[crossy]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57...-court-filing/ Looks like it's gotten a little more stupid. S3 and Note now underfire. Funny how it is only the US that is even considering these frivolous lawsuits.

Thanks for posting this - I'd missed out on that the "modern" stuff was also being sued - although I've got a real credibility problem with the idea that it's only TouchWiz that's infringing these "patents".

Not exactly original but I laughed when I was shown this.

re: the recent escalation with the request to ban the SIII, note and various SII models - going back to my original post, this is why I wish some of the Samsung patents had been upheld. With the prospect of mutually assured destruction (with neither Apple nor Samsung allowed to sell phones/tablets in the US), they'd pretty much have to sit down and talk.

Thanks for posting that image - it made me laugh too.
Too much sense in the idea of m.a.d. on patents - although, like you, I'd like to see it happen for the good of everyone (apart from US patent lawyers).

[Wildcard[UK]]

I agree with a lot of the other comments. Patents should be genuinely unique and have no prior incarnation be they physical or digital. This case is just bad for the consumer, whether you're an Apple or Samsung customer.

[ShadowSplicer]

They should all be slapped with a wet fish.

Yeah, enough said. I'm sick of these companies whining about who stole what...

[azer]

The funniest thing is that the Courthouse was 10 minutes from Apple HQ, and the jurors were all residents of Silicon Valley.... who do you think they will side with, the big US employer in Silicon Valley or the evil Asian enemy?

[fatslag]

grow up !

[Savas]

I would have warned Samsung that they really shouldn't have crossed the similarity line, but told Apple they need to actually patent technological advancements that is actual intellectual property, not what consumers find 'attractive' as being so.. and finished it off with "this is how the world works" then sent them both home with the court fees and warned them that next time they come back with such stupid patents there will be consequences.

Phones were all sorts of shapes and including rectangles before Apple's iPhone. The rounded corners were also before Apple iPhone. Touch screen technology wasn't mature enough before the iPhone so they can't use that card. And I'm not even going to comment on icons..