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Originally Posted by simmer2

http://techland.time.com/2011/08/09/...le-injunction/

Talk about ridiculous. I know there was another thread about Google's response to how Patents are forcing innovation to slow down or stop all together. This is absolutely obsurd though...even the time it will take to remove all the tablets from the shelves.

And Apple claims that it looks and feels too similar...such a load of bull****. This is a monopoly that is doing everything it can to supress any sort of competition which leads to a suppression of innovation. And innovation is something that is sorely lacking in North America; it's one of the main reasons why our GDP isn't growing how it should be.




For all you Apple lovers out there, think about it for just a minute about what they're doing...they are trying to gain control of the flow of information. What was once an open source internet will slowly become controlled and closed, and we'll all be paying out our asses for it.

I'd highly recommend "The Master Switch" by Tim Wu for those interested in the Information Industry.

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So Samsung creates their own tablet that did not sell.
Once they see the ipad2 come out their CEO proclaims that they need to go back to the drawing boards. They discontinue their original tablet.
Soon after they release the updated version that resembles the ipad2.

Some innovation.

The ruling in Germany had little to do with patents.
It was the look, feel and advertizing that got Samsung in hot water. Besides the obvious hardware similarities they modified the Android interface to look like an ipad (custom dock, icons, layout etc). Then they photographed it in the same setting as apple used for the ipad, same background, fonts etc. And then they plastered Europe with these billboards. And they told the retailers to tell customers that the tab is just like the ipad.

Samsung should not be surprised that their fake ipad is off the shelves.

What’s next, an iphone ripoff from Samsung? Oh wait a second…..

Nothing to do with monopoly. There are several tablets on the market and Apple is not suing them. Samsung crossed the line here.

Another example of innovation from Samsung. I realize it’s a 3rd party, but it’s a partner of theirs and the owner is related to Samsung executive.

http://9to5mac.com/2011/07/18/family...store-shelves/