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  • Apple-Samsung Case Muddies Future of Innovation – NYTimes.com

    Apple-Samsung Case Muddies Future of Innovation – NYTimes.com:

    Oh boy, this is gonna get ugly. Especially if you are in the habit of ripping off other companies technology.

    Samsung, just got smacked down hard. A $1B verdict is just the beginning. Apple will of course, try to get treble damages for “willful” infringement of Apple’s technology. But the $1B is only the beginning. On September 20, the hearing (resumes) related to an injunction of the sales of Samsung’s offending products.

    One would assume that the new Samsung line (Galaxy) does not infringe, but that too may soon become subject to tighter scrutiny.

    Faced with injunctions or licensing Apples technology, that is the issue that will be confronting players in the market, including Google.

    The war chests of patents are: Apple; Samsung (kinda); Google (now with Motorola wireless that they seem to have bought primarily for the patent portfolio); and Microsoft (now with a boat load — $1B worth actually — of patents from AOL).

    Who else is there. RIMM? Palm’s technology that went to HP is dwindling fast.

    Of course, Samsung is appealing. But it’s outlook is not, well, appealing. And this loss in the US, is going to seriously shape the face of the screen in there rest of the world.

    Samsung is down 7% in Asian trading on Monday Aug. 27, 2012. Expect Apple to open up big on Hurricane Isaac Monday.

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  • Apple, Samsung, Kodak, imitation… a little more… on the patent war.

    Apple, Samsung, Kodak, Imation: Intellectual Property – Businessweek:

    Here you go with a huge patent war. Smartphones, iPads and more.

    Apple has been trying to injoin Samsung from sales of Galaxy product line. No injunction yet, but Apple is winning so far in the USA. Kinda.

    This law suit will be telling.

    In the meanwhile the Apple-Samsung war is being fought across the globe. In Germany this week, Apple lost miserably and was ordered to make a public apology. That was belayed yesterday until appeals have been processed. See more about the apology and appeal here.

    The smartphone war chests are Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google. All those players in the market that don’t have to stand back and see the last gladiator(s) standing. It’s gonna be ugly for most/all of the other players?

    And whatever happened to all the great technology from Palm (HP)? I’m surprised the HP doesn’t sell or license it. Blackberry (RIMM)?

    Forget about the Olympics, the real contest is in the smartphone arena.

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  • Patent wars: Apple wins injunction against sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US | Digital Trends

    Patent wars: Apple wins injunction against sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US | Digital Trends:

    Apple wins the injunction (USA) to stop Samsung from selling the old Galaxy. Picture is perfect, serious arm wrestling going on here in the USA and globally.

    This is a Design Patent infringement. It really looks like the iPad. The other ongoing lawsuits are about design patents.

    As Google and Microsoft build their arsenal of patents, there will only be room for a few players in this market. Those without big pockets, that are full of money and patents, will never be able to compete.

    Buy popcorn and sit back to watch the battles rage and the positioning of the armies.:-)

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  • Apple vs. Samsung Patent War Fails to Block U.S. Launch of Galaxy S3 – iTech Post

    Apple vs. Samsung Patent War Fails to Block U.S. Launch of Galaxy S3 – iTech Post:

    The Smart Phone war is just beginning.

    With the consolidation from Google (Motorola wireless)…

    Microsoft (AOL patents)…

    It’s gonna be tough for other payers to survive in the Smartphone and ?related? markets.
    RIMM (Blackberry) and Nokia are really starting to struggle. I wonder how much of that is patent starvation.

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  • Samsung defends against iPad: “Open the Pod Door”

    Samsung defends against Apple iPad lawsuit by claiming 2001: A Space Odyssey as prior art | TiPb: “Samsung defends against Apple iPad lawsuit by claiming 2001: A Space Odyssey as prior art

    Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011 by Rene Ritchie
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    So, as the Patent Wars start to heat up, like nothing that has ever gone before… The weird and wacky step out into space to duke it out.
    It’s gonna definitely get ugly as you have Google buying Motorola mobile for its production capacity and it’s war chest of some 1,600 telcom-type patents. GoogaZilla, or Moto-oogle will be able to take on the likes of Apple and MicroSkype, now.
    Rumor has it that Apple will buy up ARM Holdings for its patents, even though it already licenses them. ARM owns more than a hand-full of key smart phone patents.
    In the end, we could have only a few companies that own, or have exclusive rights to, most of the patent technology in the know universe.
    In the end, an you may have to go to another world or another universe to be able to operate freely in the patent-protected tech world that’s evolving. When you get there, you may well find Samsung knocking loudly at the PoD Door. Whatever you do, don’t let ’em in!