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And the winner is…: The winner of the Apple vs. Samsung case

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Today, a decision in court on the Apple vs. Samsung case was made. If you have not been following the news at all within the past few weeks, Apple was suing Samsung for $2.5 billion. Apple implied that Samsung was infringing on Apple’s copyrights and Samsung countersued saying that Apple was stealing their property.

Today, it was decided that most of the patents that Apple says were violated, were violated, and they were awarded $1 billion. Samsung may also be hit with bans on infringing products. That information or anything related to it remains to be seen. It is clear that Apple has won and it has always been clear that Apple would win. However, is that necessarily a good thing?

There are some positives to this situation, Apple gets paid even more to it’s arsenal, it doesn’t have to worry about other companies that are infringing on their rights since the companies that are, won’t anymore because they don’t want to sued. However, because these companies can’t infringe anymore, they will have to stop and think outside the box more than they do now. As a result they might even make a product, dare I say it, better than Apple and beat Apple. This of course is a little far fetched since I think Samsung hasn’t given any thought besides ripping off others ideas and making a profit out of it, but if they think of something better before Apple does, Apple is in trouble and Apple forced them into that spot. Again, it isn’t likely, but it absolutely could happen and even if Samsung doesn’t, another company could because Apple didn’t just put Samsung in that position, they put every other smart phone company in that position. Samsung is not an entirely non-innovative company. They have done very well with TVs and they are an industry leader there. Of course, once Apple enters that field, they will not be the leader for much longer. But for now, they are a TV industry leader. They have innovated in the field extensively. The Samsung Smart TV is not a shabby product. I am worried that the innovation that they have brought to their TVs, they also will bring to their phones because they can’t copy the leader any longer. Could this make then the new leader? Only time will tell.

Of course, one must remain optimistic. Samsung did copy Apple. They violated laws they should not have. Samsung has not been innovative, just copycats that couldn’t get it quite right and they are $1 billion less and might have a ban on many of their infringing products, which they should. We must remain optimistic that Samsung will not innovate and I personally don’t think it will.

Of course, Wall Street is reacting positively to this news and Apple stock is $663.22 right now and is only expected to rise. Samsung stock declined today due to the news. I hope Samsung doesn’t innovate and Apple continues to and that this battle has forced them out of the market. Steve Jobs said before he died last year that “[he would] spend [his] last dying breath if [he needed] to, and [he would] spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.” Apple has made a major victory against Android and its associated companies. Steve Jobs must be cheering in heaven right now, and it is with caution that I say, that I’m cheering too.

Thanks for reading,

Joe

Apple Wins Injunction against Samsung Galaxy: Tablet now banned in US

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UPDATE: Apple has posted its $2.6 million bond.

Apple has won its appeal against Samsung in a US supreme court in the state of California (which, for those of you who don’t know, is where Apple is headquartered). This appeal was against Samsung’s Galaxy Tablet, which has been wrongfully infringing Apple’s property. This win, once Apple posts a $2.6 million bond (which for Apple is spare change), will ban Galaxy Tab sales in one of the biggest markets in the world, the United States, until Samsung can show the courts it has made the appropriate changes to its infringing devices. Apple has won other hearings in other countries, resulting in the same ban. Here is a statement from the judge making the decision.

“Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products,” Koh wrote in her order, adding that the strength of Apple’s case on the merits left her no choice but to grant the injunction. “While Samsung will certainly suffer lost sales from the issuance of an injunction, the hardship to Apple of having to directly compete with Samsung’s infringing products outweighs Samsung’s harm in light of the previous findings by the Court.”

Apple and Samsung are both in a sticky situation. Samsung sells some of its hardware to Apple and of course Apple pays for it. They are both in a rough situation because Samsung has the right to refuse to sell to Apple since they don’t like how Apple is suing them all the time, but at the same token, Apple is one of Samsung’s biggest buyers, so it can’t without repercussions.

“Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have the right to compete unfairly”. That could not have been said well enough. They shouldn’t be infringing on Apple’s rights so I’m glad the courts saw that. I look forward to not seeing the Tabs at the store anymore. Here is a statement from Apple.

“It’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong and, as we’ve said many times before, we need to protect Apple’s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.”

I also believe that it is not a coincidence. Samsung knowingly took Apple’s ideas and they are now finally paying for it.

Thanks for reading,

Joe

Samsung VS Apple- A mixed Battle

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Hello church of Apple fans, Joe here. Ive been sick for the past week and I dont write well when I’m sick. Anyway, lets talk Apple and Samsung. The past few weeks have been particularly tough for Apple. Currently, Australia and the US have overturned the ban. The courts say that copyrights were not infringed. Ok. Are these judges blind? The similarities are striking. I believe that Apple is being cheated and I feel that Samsung should be brought to justice for their copying of Apple copyrighted materials. They are using Apple copyrights. These courts should follow suit of that of Germany which did see the injustice and promptly banned the Galaxy tab in question. Legal battles are still taking place in Britain, South Korea and Japan. It is unlikely that Apple will win in SK since Samsung is a SK company but we’ll see how that turns out. However, one really bad thing Germany got wrong (thank God its only Germany) is that Germany has banned iPhone and iPad because of another lawsuit from Motorola. The courts are having a lot on their hands with all these companies suing each other. But let me remind you, Apple came first with these devices. There would be no Galaxy Tab or Motorola whatever without Apple so Samsung and Motorola should show some respect. Lets see how all these lawsuits play out in the weeks to come and hope that Apple comes out on top of its remaining lawsuits.

Thanks for reading,
Joe