Apple awarded over $1bn in Samsung patent infringement trial

[marc20121]

Apple has been awarded more than $1bn in damages after its rival smartphone and tablet manufacturer Samsung was found to have copied critical features of its iPhone and iPad.
The US jury stunned observers by returning a decision after just two and a half days' deliberation following four weeks of legal argument.
The jurors rejected every single one of the South Korean company's patent claims, and backed Apple's claim that Samsung had breached US antitrust laws by trying to keep its wireless patents as a monopoly.
The decision means that Apple has gained a major weapon in its fight against Samsung, which is the biggest maker of smartphones and mobile phones in the world, and the biggest of the Android handset makers.
The verdict will also be a key platform in Apple's ongoing court battles with other Android smartphone companies, including HTC and Motorola.
Samsung and Apple have been at war through the courts since April 2011, when Apple filed a suit in the US alleging that a number of Samsung smartphones and tablets used some of its patented technologies – such as the "rubber band" effect when scrolling a long list of items – and mimicked its "trade dress", the general cosmetic appearance of its iPhone and iPad, in a way that could confuse potential customers.
On Friday Samsung issued a statement saying: "Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies.
"Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer."
Apple's founder, Steve Jobs, kicked off the battle, telling his biographer Walter Isaacson that he would go "thermonuclear" in his battle against Android because he felt that it had copied elements of the iPhone's behaviour. That started with HTC's implementation in 2010 of Android.
"I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple's $40bn in the bank, to right this wrong," Jobs told Isaacson. "I'm going to destroy Android, because it's a stolen product. I'm willing to go thermonuclear war on this."
An attempted peace pact between Jobs and Eric Schmidt, then Google's chief executive, came to nothing. But Apple's war against Google has been indirect — targeting the handset makers that use Android rather than the search giant which writes the software itself.
Evidence of Jobs's antipathy to Android was excluded from the evidence heard in court.
Samsung, in this case, responded that Apple had used its patented technology for 3G wireless connectivity without permission, and that it used some of its patented methods, such as sending photos from a camera-equipped phone. Those claims were rejected by the jury.
Samsung had also insisted that Apple's technology patents were invalid because of previous inventions by rival firms, which it demonstrated in the court. It said that the "trade dress" claims were nonsensical, and that customers were not confused.
An area of relief for Samsung was that the jury decided its Galaxy tablets did not look so much like the iPad as to breach "trade dress". But they hit it with a billion-dollar damages decision for infringing Apple's "utility" patents on its behaviour.
Samsung is expected to appeal to a higher court. But the victory for Apple is a publicity coup as the battle for control of the smartphone and tablet market intensifies ahead of the Christmas period — during which Apple is expected to have a new iPhone on release, and possibly a new, smaller version of the iPad.
Apple and Samsung are suing each other in more than 30 cases around the world in Europe, Australia and the US. Apple, based in Cupertino — just 10 miles from the San Jose court where lawyers for the two sides made their case — is fighting multiple cases against rival smartphone makers which use Google's Android software, including Samsung, HTC and Motorola — the latter now owned by Google.
The decision is a critical blow in the smartphone wars now going on around the world between Apple and Samsung, and by proxy between Apple and other makers of smartphones using Google's Android software. Samsung is the biggest mobile, smartphone and Android mobile company — meaning that this decision will resound throughout the industry.
Reaching a decision had looked like a labyrinthine process. Judge Lucy Koh's instructions on how to decide ran to 109 pages and took over two hours to read out after the two companies had spent four weeks arguing in court.
The jury then had to negotiate a verdict paper consisting of 20 pages with 33 questions which offered, in total, about 700 options – although it all boiled down to four: were Apple's claimed patents infringed and if so how much was it owed? And: were Samsung's claimed patents infringed, and if so how much was it owed?
Yet they reached their verdict after barely two days' deliberation, surprising legal experts who had thought that the decision could take weeks. The jury for the high-profile trial in which Oracle sued Google alleging that the Android mobile operating system infringed its patents. The jury then took two weeks to reach a verdict that largely exonerated Google.
Apple brought a high-profile array of executives to testify including Phil Schiller, its longtime head of marketing, and Scott Forstall, who heads its iPhone and iPad software division. Apple also showed prototypes of the iPhone and iPad dating back to 2003, as well as an internal Samsung document comparing the iPhone's behaviour with that of Samsung's smartphone, which described the difference as "Heaven and Earth" and noted hundreds of items of difference where Samsung needed to improve.
The jury of seven men and two women, all from California, included four who have worked for technology companies including chipmaker Intel and phone business AT&T, and two engineers. One member owns multiple Apple and Samsung products, according to CNet. Five are over 50; three were born outside the US – one in India and two in the Philippines.
The result came just hours after a South Korean court had ruled against both Apple and Samsung, deciding that they had each infringed each others' patents. Both were fined and told to take some of their products off the shelves in that country.

[Fight9]

How many different ways can you scroll? Fucking hell.

[BlackRoseSymphony]

I'm glad that Sam(e)sung got what was coming to them.

Originally Posted by marc20121

On Friday Samsung issued a statement saying: "Today's verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer. It will lead to fewer choices, less innovation, and potentially higher prices. It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies.
Consumers have the right to choices, and they know what they are buying when they purchase Samsung products. This is not the final word in this case or in battles being waged in courts and tribunals around the world, some of which have already rejected many of Apple's claims. Samsung will continue to innovate and offer choices for the consumer."

[Da Haka]

Apple basically invented the smartphone, not that much more innovation you can get

[BlackRoseSymphony]

Originally Posted by Da Haka

Apple basically invented the smartphone, not that much more innovation you can get

Hence this:

[Fight9]

I don't blame Samsung. Its that look that sells. If they could sell phones in that left column, they would. Apple changed the smart phone universe and every other company is clawing for that kind of success. 9/10 cases, Apple doesn't win. I am sure that 1 billion was a big to them, but in the long run, copying is what will make them successful.

[MrElectrifyer]

As much as I love my iPhone, I in no way support these patent wars.

Think about it, Apple wasn't the inventor of the mobile phone, that goes all the way back to the 1940s. They copied several ideas from previous phones and simply made it a lot more advanced and now they're trying to eliminate true competition that's doing the same to them as they did to past mobile phone makers.

The patent system is broken!!

[Fight9]

Originally Posted by MrElectrifyer

As much as I love my iPhone, I in no way support these patent wars.

Think about it, Apple wasn't the inventor of the mobile phone, that goes all the way back to the 1940s. They copied several ideas from previous phones and simply made it a lot more advanced and now they're trying to eliminate true competition that's doing the same to them as they did to past mobile phone makers.

The patent system is broken!!

Agree completely. This is beyond bullshit. Basic functionality should not be patented. A fucking home button is basic and has been on every smart phone ever made (and a lot of "dumb" phones too). And scrolling?! Give me a fucking break. People have been scrolling since the beginning of computers. A patent on scrolling is ridiculous. People would laugh if you tried to sue someone who had a computer that scrolled like yours. Isn't that what these smart phones are? Small computers. Every computer has a power button. Who is getting sued for that?

This shit pisses me off. All this only hurts the consumer. I know every one hates android but sooner or later this bullshit will reach something you actually want.

Apple won't stop until they have a fucking monopoly of the smart phone market. Until every device has an Apple logo on it and then, only then, we will all lose.

[BlackRoseSymphony]

Originally Posted by Fight9

Agree completely. This is beyond bullshit. Basic functionality should not be patented. A fucking home button is basic and has been on every smart phone ever made (and a lot of "dumb" phones too). And scrolling?! Give me a fucking break. People have been scrolling since the beginning of computers. A patent on scrolling is ridiculous. People would laugh if you tried to sue someone who had a computer that scrolled like yours. Isn't that what these smart phones are? Small computers. Every computer has a power button. Who is getting sued for that?

It's like if Apple was to suddenly sue every company that invented a computer mouse after they did, or if one smartphone manufacturer suing another smartphone manufacturer (pre-2007) for using a QWERTY keyboard. It's all ridiculous. Tim Cook said in D10 that standards-essentials patents should be available to all, that no one should be able to get an injunction off of them, and that the patent system is broken.

Originally Posted by Fight9

Apple won't stop until they have a fucking monopoly of the smart phone market. Until every device has an Apple logo on it and then, only then, we will all lose.

As much as I love Apple products, I don't want them to be the sole innovator. People want options, not a monopoly.

[azzazel3356]

I say if something is not an exact replica of a product, it is not copying, but deriving from that product. That is how tech evolved, by learning and deriving from existing products and technologies. now, apple wants to be the end product, the product form which no other form of tech can be derived from because it would be counted as stolen due to the vague and broad licenses.

Apple wouldn't work so hard on iOS if there was no competition that drives them to improve. We all love our apple devices, and android devices may not be as capable of bringing that experience, but different things float different people's boats. we don't have a right to simply judge them because they chose a different device

[BlackRoseSymphony]

Originally Posted by azzazel3356

I say if something is not an exact replica of a product, it is not copying, but deriving from that product.

Let's compare that to plagiarizing an essay:

Person B stole essay A from person A, and changed very few words of the original to "write" essay B. Even if it wasn't word-for-word, he / she still stole / copied the contents of the original essay.

Using that same same scenario, replace person A with Apple, and replace person B with Samsung.

Sure, there are occasions where this is accidental, but that doesn't change what happened. You made a point about building off of what others have made to progress. The problem with that is that when one builds off of something, it is something new and innovative. Samsung wasn't bringing anything new to the market, they were marketing phones with various versions of the iPhone's aesthetics.

[Fight9]

Originally Posted by BlackRoseSymphony

Let's compare that to plagiarizing an essay:

Person B stole essay A from person A, and changed very few words of the original to "write" essay B. Even if it wasn't word-for-word, he / she still stole / copied the contents of the original essay.

Using that same same scenario, replace person A with Apple, and replace person B with Samsung.

Sure, there are occasions where this is accidental, but that doesn't change what happened. You made a point about building off of what others have made to progress. The problem with that is that when one builds off of something, it is something new and innovative. Samsung wasn't bringing anything new to the market, they were marketing phones with various versions of the iPhone's aesthetics.

Yeah, but scrolling?!

[BlackRoseSymphony]

Originally Posted by Fight9

Yeah, but scrolling?!

I was focusing more on the designs of the phones.

I don't see how one could steal the concept of scrolling on a phone. It's too standard of a patent.

[multipazz]

Can someone please tell me how samsung managed to get patent 711 to play background music

[Fight9]

I dont know how you can steal the concept of an ear speaker for phone calls, a front facing camera for video calls, and a single button to take you back to the main screen. All of that is standard. You can't put the speaker any where else. The camera has to be in that general area to work correctly. That only leaves the home button. Unless you put it on the side, it will look silly any where but the center of the bottom.

It sucks that Apple had that idea first (at least the patent).

If Apple comes out with a 4" iPhone in a few months, is Samsung going to sue because they had a larger screen first? Do they have the 4" patent? Maybe people will think they are buying Androids because the phone is larger. I can see it now, Apple looses 2 Billion dollar lawsuit because Samsung had the 4" screen first.

Ppfffff... these billion dollar companies act like children. Fighting over petty shit. I remember fighting with my little brother when I was a child because he would copy everything I did. I didn't like it. But hey(!), I grew up and now it doesn't matter. To these billion dollar companies, however, who had the rudimentary idea first does matter. We will suffer because the richest companies in the world act like fighting children siblings.

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HA playing background music! So unbelievable stupid.

[Nate13]

court documents used in the trial

http://www.scribd.com/doc/102374068/App-Sam-Court-Doc

[bookreader]

Smartphone Wars: - I love this: Let the Battle begin

Let me check my P.A.D.D for the latest info on stealing ideas and patenting them.
From Star Trek - The Ipad

Just to confirm to make sure I have all the facts and have read up on all things:
The 1994 Knight-Rider Tablet

The List:

2009
2009, Oct 22: Nokia sues Apple over 10 patents.
2009, Dec 11: Apple countersues Nokia over 13 patents.
2009, Dec 29: Nokia files a second lawsuit and a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) complaint against Apple over 7 more patents.

2010
2010, Jan 15: Apple files an ITC complaint against Nokia over 9 patents.
2010, Feb 19: Apple drops 4 patents from their countersuit against Nokia that are in their ITC complaint against Nokia.
2010, Feb 24: Apple countersues Nokia in Nokia's second lawsuit, over the 9 patents that are in Apple's ITC complaint.
2010, Mar 02: Apple sues HTC over 10 patents and files an ITC complaint against HTC over 10 other patents.
2010, Apr 26: 5 of the patents in Apple's ITC complaint against Nokia are merged into their ITC complaint against HTC.
2010, Apr 27: HTC signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on HTC's Android-based devices (rumored to be $5 per handset).
2010, May 7: Nokia files a third lawsuit against Apple over 5 more patents.
2010, May 12: HTC files an ITC complaint against Apple over 5 patents.
2010, May 28: S3 Graphics files an ITC complaint against Apple over 4 patents used in the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and Apple computers.
2010, Jun 28: Apple countersues Nokia in Nokia's third lawsuit, over 7 more patents.
2010, Jul 06: HTC countersues Apple over 3 patents.
2010, Jul 21: Nokia drops 1 patent from their ITC complaint against Apple.
2010, Aug 12: Oracle sues Google over 7 patents relating to the use of Java in Android
2010, Sep 17: Nokia adds 2 more patents to their third lawsuit against Apple.
2010, Sep 27: Apple sues Nokia in the UK and Germany over 9 patents.
2010, Sep 30: Nokia countersues Apple in Germany over 4 patents.
2010, Oct 01: Microsoft files an ITC complaint and a lawsuit against Motorola over 9 patents.
2010, Oct 06: Motorola sues Apple over 18 patents, and files an ITC complaint against Apple over 6 of them.
2010, Oct 08: Motorola files a request for declaratory judgement that they do not infringe 12 Apple patents, and that those patents be declared invalid.
2010, Oct 12: Nokia adds 3 more patents to their countersuit against Apple in Germany.
2010, Oct 25: Nokia sues Apple in another German court over 5 patents.
2010, Oct 28: Apple drops 4 patents from their ITC complaint against HTC and/or Nokia.
2010, Oct 29: Apple sues Motorola over 6 patents, and files an ITC complaint against Motorola over 3 of them.
2010, Nov 05: HTC drops 1 patent from their ITC complaint against Apple.
2010, Nov 09: Microsoft alleges Motorola has failed to comply with RAND (reasonable and non-discriminatory) licensing obligations.
2010, Nov 10: Motorola sues Microsoft over 7 patents in one court and 9 patents in another.
2010, Nov 18: Apple makes counterclaims against Motorola over 6 patents.
2010, Nov 22: Motorola files an ITC complaint against Microsoft over 5 patents.
2010, Dec 01: Apple adds the 12 patents to their suit against Motorola that Motorola previously requested declaratory judgement that they do not infringe.
2010, Dec 03: Nokia countersues Apple in the UK over 4 patents, and files a new suit against Apple in the Netherlands over 2 patents.
2010, Dec 03: Apple countersues Nokia in Nokia's second German lawsuit, over 1 patent and 2 utility models.
2010, Dec 06: Nokia drops 1 patent from their ITC complaint against Apple.
2010, Dec 15 and 22: Nokia and Apple take their first German suit/countersuit to the Federal Patent Court of Germany.
2010, Dec 23: Motorola files a third lawsuit against Microsoft over 3 patents.
2010, Dec 23: Microsoft countersues Motorola over 7 patents.

2011
2011, Jan 06: The third Nokia/Apple lawsuit/countersuit is transferred to the location of the first and second ones.
2011, Jan 18: Apple seeks to invalidate one Nokia patent in the UK, which it was not yet being sued over.
2011, Jan 18: Motorola drops 1 patent from their lawsuits against Microsoft.
2011, Jan 19: Microsoft counterclaims against Motorola, asserting 5 patents.
2011, Jan 25: Microsoft counterclaims against Motorola, asserting 2 patents.
2011, Feb 14: Motorola adds 2 patents to their lawsuits against Microsoft.
2011, Feb 22: Apple drops 1 more patent from their ITC complaint against HTC and Nokia.
2011, Mar 21: Microsoft sues Barnes & Noble over the Android operating system in the Nook ebook reader.
2011, Mar 25: ITC finds that Apple does not infringe on 5 Nokia patents.
2011, Mar 29: Nokia files an ITC complaint against Apple over 7 more patents, and a fourth lawsuit over 6 of those.
2011, Apr 15: Apple sues Samsung for patent and trademark infringement (7 utility patents, 3 design patents, 3 registered trade dresses, 6 trademarked icons) with its Galaxy line of mobile products, including the Galaxy S smartphone and the Galaxy Tab tablet.
2011, Apr 22: Samsung sues Apple in South Korea (5 patents), Japan (2 patents), and Germany (3 patents).
2011, Apr 28: Samsung countersues Apple over 10 patents.
2011, Apr 29: Apple drops 1 more patent from their ITC complaint against HTC.
2011, May 18: Samsung ordered to provide Apple samples of the announced Galaxy S2, Infuse 4G, and Infuse 4G LTE smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets as part of Apple's lawsuit against the company.
2011, May 18: Samsung files a court motion for Apple to provide samples of the unannounced iPhone 5 and iPad 3 prototypes.
2011, Jun 14: Nokia and Apple settle their litigation with Apple agreeing to pay Nokia an undisclosed one-time payment as well as continuing royalties.
2011, Jun 16: Apple amends its lawsuit against Samsung, dropping 2 utility patents and 1 design patent, and adding 3 new utility patents plus 4 trade dress applications, now covering the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
2011, Jun 22: Apple countersues Samsung in South Korea over an unknown number of patents.
2011, Jun 22: Samsung's motion to be provided samples of Apple's unannounced iPhone 5 and iPad 3 prototypes is denied.
2011, Jun 27: General Dynamics Itronix signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on General Dynamics Itronix's Android-based devices.
2011, Jun 28: Samsung files an ITC complaint and a lawsuit against Apple over 5 patents.
2011, Jun 29: Samsung sues Apple in London, UK over an unknown number of patents, and a Samsung lawsuit against Apple in Italy becomes known (details unknown).
2011, Jun 29: Velocity Micro signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on Velocity Micro's Android-based devices.
2011, Jun 30: Samsung converts its countersuit against Apple into counterclaims against Apple's suit, dropping 2 patents but adding 4 more.
2011, Jun 30: A consortium of companies made up of Apple, EMC Corporation, Ericsson, Microsoft, Research In Motion and Sony win against Google in an auction of over 6,000 Nortel mobile-related telecommunications patents for $4.5 billion USD.
2011, Jun 30: Onkyo signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on Onkyo's Android-based devices.
2011, Jul 01: Apple files for preliminary injunction against 4 Samsung products: Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 based on 3 design patents and 1 utility patent.
2011, Jul 01: ITC rules that Apple infringes on 2 patents held by S3 Graphics, while not infringing on 2 others.
2011, Jul 05: Apple files an ITC complaint against Samsung over 6 smartphones and 2 tablets infringing 5 utility patents and 2 design patents.
2011, Jul 05: Wistron signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on Wistron's Android-based devices.
2011, Jul 06: HTC agrees to purchase S3 Graphics to secure 235 patents for use in its defense against Apple.
2011, Jul 06: Microsoft seeks $15 licensing fees from Samsung for a range of claimed patent violations on every Android device.
2011, Jul 11: Apple files a second ITC complaint against HTC over 5 more patents, and sues HTC over 4 patents from this second ITC complaint that they weren't already suing HTC over.
2011, Jul 11-12: Google acquires 1,029 Patents from IBM for an undisclosed amount.
2011, Jul 15: ITC finds HTC infringes on 2 Apple patents.
2011, Jul 29: HTC sues Apple in London, UK over an unknown number of patents.
2011, Aug 02: Apple sues Samsung in Australia over 10 patents, resulting in Samsung delaying the launch and halting advertising of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia to an indefinite date.
2011, Aug 09: A German court issues a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Apple's lawsuit against Samsung which causes its sale to be banned in most of Europe.
2011, Aug 15: Google announces its intention to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion USD. Eighteen of Motorola's patents could potentially be used for defense or countersuits against Apple and Microsoft, and may influence the smartphone war. These patents may change the balance of power, and force the various players to settle their lawsuits.
2011, Aug 16: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban in Europe is lifted outside of Germany.
2011, Aug 17: Google acquires 1,023 more patents from IBM for an undisclosed amount (not revealed until 13 Sep 2011).
2011, Aug 23: Microsoft files a complaint with the ITC requesting a ban on several key Motorola smartphones and devices in the USA based on infringements of 7 patents.
2011, Aug 24: A court in the Netherlands rules that Samsung will be banned from selling the Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Ace in a number of European countries due to Apple's patent infringement claims.
2011, Sep 02: Apple granted preliminary injunction against Samsung preventing display of the prototype Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet at the IFA trade show in Berlin.
2011, Sep 02: Apple court filings assert that Andy Rubin got inspiration for Android framework while working at Apple before working at General Magic and Danger, Inc.
2011, Sep 07: HTC countersues Apple using nine patents from Google. The move is seen as a possible first step for Google giving direct support in lawsuits involving manufacturers using Android.
2011, Sep 08: Acer and ViewSonic sign patent license agreements with Microsoft regarding their use of Android on smartphones and tablets.
2011, Sep 09: Apple's preliminary injunction against sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany is upheld.
2011, Sep 12: Samsung announces a lawsuit against Apple in France that had been filed in July over 3 patents.
2011, Sep 12: Apple countersues Samsung in the UK over an unknown number of patents.
2011, Sep 13: Google's August 17 acquisition of 1,023 patents from IBM is revealed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
2011, Sep 17: Samsung countersues Apple in Australia over 7 patents.
2011, Sep 28: Samsung signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on Samsung's Android-based devices.
2011, Oct 12: An Australian court issues a preliminary injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Apple's lawsuit against Samsung which prevents its sale in Australia leading up to the 2011 holiday season.
2011, Oct 13: Quanta signs an agreement with Microsoft to licence Microsoft patents in return for royalties on Quanta's Android and Chrome-based devices.
2011, Oct 13: Judge in Apple's U.S. lawsuit against Samsung agrees that Samsung's tablets infringe on Apple's patents, but also that the validity of some of the patents might be questionable.

2012
2012, Jan 17: Apple files a lawsuit in Düsseldorf regional court, Germany against Samsung claiming the Galaxy s2 infringes on Apple patents
2012, March 7: Samsung files a lawsuit in Seoul's Central district court claiming that the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 infringe on three of its patents.
2012, March 7: Judge Allan Gropper ruled that Apple was disallowed from suing from Kodak for patent infringement. arguing that it would be an "inappropriate way forward".
2012, Jun 10: Apple sues Samsung over its auto-correct patent in San Jose Calif.
2012, Jun 23: Federal Judge Posner throws out Apple-Motorola case with prejudice.
2012, Jun 29: Apple is granted an injunction against import of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
2012, Jun 30: Judge Lucy Koh grants Apple an injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
2012, Jul 1: Samsung files an appeal against Apple's injunction against the Galaxy Nexus.
2012, Jul 2: Nokia claims that the Nexus 7 infringes on its patents.
2012, Jul 4: A high court in the UK rules that three of the four patents Apple brought up against HTC are invalid.
2012, Jul 6: Google and Samsung are forced to degrade the universal search bar on the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy s3 as a result of an injunction granted to Apple by Judge Lucy Koh.
2012, Jul 6: The ITU announces that it is convening a patent roundtable on October 10 in Geneva to have stakeholders resolve their differences.
2012, Jul 9: Samsung wins a patent dispute on the Galaxy Tab against Apple in the UK. Judge Colin Birss stated that Samsung's tablets were "not as cool" as the Apple's, and "do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design."
2012, Jul 12: San Francisco based EMG Technology sues Google in an East Texas court claiming the mobile version of Chrome infringes on its patent for "apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming and scrolling internet content."
2012, Jul 15: RIM is ordered to pay US$147 million to Mformation for infringement of its remote management patent.
2012, Jul 18: Apple is forced by UK judge Birss to publish on their website that Samsung did not copy the iPad.
2012, Jul 27 : a Mannheim court bans Motorola's android devices in Germany ruling that they infringe on Microsoft FAT patent.
2012, Aug 24 : Apple is $1.049 billion in damages by jury who rule that Samsung violated apples patents. Samsung is awarded $0 in counter suit

[multipazz]

bookreader


fuck iPad I want the star trek P.A.D.D

only because the knight rider tabled has no app store

[GorgonSin]

so apple will be getting all the iphone 5 screen fro free form samsung..lololol what a mess

[knightflt]

I don't think apple is so innocent either lol

What jailbreak tweaks/apps/extensions did Apple “receive inspiration” from in iOS 5? Whether you see these jailbreak apps as influencing Apple or not, it’s pretty clear that Apple has had its eye on the Cydia frontier for quite some time.

So, here you go: A list of the jailbreak tweaks that are duplicated as features in iOS 5…
iOS 5 feature, then jailbreak tweak:

Camera volume button snap – FastSnap, SnapTap, CameraButtons
Camera editing enhancements – Snapture
Access camera from lockscreen – Snappy
Photo albums in Photo – PhotoAlbums+
Private browsing in Safari – Covert
Wi-Fi sync with iTunes – Wi-Fi Sync
Use while syncing with iTunes – Synchronicity, FreeSync
Enhancements to Mail – Mail Enhancer
Rich text in Mail – Rich Text
Mark multiple emails as read – Mark Read
Delete individual calls – Call Delete, MobileLog
Text shortcuts – Xpandr
New gestures – Activator
Custom vibrations - Vibrafications, MyProfiles
Dictionary – “Define” Action Menu Plugin
Tone Store – AnyRing, ToneFXs
Emoji – Vmoji
Stream HD Youtube content – My3G
FaceTime over 3G – My3G, FaceBreak
Contact pictures integrated in message display – ChatPic