Thursday 30 August 2012

Apple Samsung Patent Fights, Apple walked away with $1.05 billion damage

Apple won big on the recent big patent lawsuit when the court ordered Samsung to pay $1.05b damages to Apple... I am quite surprise the court gave the verdict within a week, i supposed it will be drag and a long lawsuits.... Apple share price has up up up and reaching the moon soon, Samsung down by close to 7% when the court judgement released to the public. But is that a really good news to Apple? Is Samsung really violate Apple's registered patents? 



Below are the 6 patents that jury says Samsung violated:
1. Utility Patent 163: Enlarging documents by tapping the screen
2. Utility Patent 381: 'Bounce-back' feature when scrolling beyond the edge of 3. Utility Patent 915: Distinguishes between single-touch and multi-touch gestures. An example of this would be pinch to zoom
4. Design Patent 087: Ornamental design of the iPhone (white color)
5. Design Patent 677: Ornamental design of the iPhone (black color)
6. Design Patent 305: Rounded square icons on interface
If the violation is correct and true, there should be more than one company being fined or penalties for the reason of patent violation. But why Apple only find trouble with Samsung? I believe Apple start worry and aware of the rises of Samsung and Apple competitive advantage is diminishing as Android is getting better and better. 

My first Apple product is ipod which i found that is really awesome, the centre controlled touch pad is really amazing and convenient, the whole concept was  stylish. First Apple phone is ......

to be continued..............




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