NEWS: "Apple sues Samsung, claims it copied iPhone, iPad designs"

**Lucius** · April 19th, 2011 11:22 PM

Android is slow and ugly anyway, no offense to users of Android.

**hondaboot** · April 19th, 2011 11:48 PM

the Samsung Galaxy Ace looks so much like the Iphone

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAnfShoQZA0"]YouTube - Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 hands-on[/ame]

it's about time to sue them. taka nga ako ngaun lang nangyari

and yeah I agree. everyone in the business world hates google. personally, if Google will not be stopped talagang sila ang mag-cause ng economic downfall ng buong mundo.

they're using the Android as a free platform para nga naman magmukang free, so that yun main business nila which search engine ads hindi matapatan.

well, guess again Google. Facebook, IOS, Yahoo have all supported the bing search engine. it won't be long, and google will be down. sa news, nga nagbabala na ang CEO nila na mababawasan ang perks nila if they will not be able to deliver sa mga products nila particularly beating Facebook's like button. walang nangyari sa +1 nila

**hondaboot** · April 19th, 2011 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

In this case I hope Apple loses the litigation. We really need some serious competition out there...

there's still windows. nagtataka nga ako sa yo *tidus at sinusuportahan mo yan google. alam mo ba ginawa nila sa IPO nila noon. read it and find out, you'll hate them

i've tried windows phone 7 and boy it's as responsive as apple. kase nga hindi free.

walang mapapala ang free, it will only make people lazy bec. they get it for free.

in the end it will still be Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs. Apple knows this and they'd rather have Microsoft as arch enemy than freeloading Google.

**shakatak70** · April 20th, 2011 12:17 AM

Magagalit talaga ang Apple.. ayan oh... yung N-310 naging SAMPLE

**goldencoil** · April 20th, 2011 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by uls

even if Apple doesnt win, napagastos nila ang Samsung

i think that's the goal of Apple -- to make Android NOT free

galit kasi sila kay Google

*sir uls, sa ganitong case, pwede din ba mag counter file ng suit yung Samsung pag natalo ang Apple para dun sa mga nagastos ng Samsung during the duration of the case?

**Monseratto** · April 20th, 2011 08:48 AM

Suing your supplier...iba talaga.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110419...etapplesamsung

Samsung vows counter-action over Apple patent suit

SEOUL (AFP) – Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it would take counter-action against Apple after the US firm filed suit alleging that the South Korean giant copied its smartphones and tablet computers.

Apple's lawsuit claims Samsung's mobile phones and Galaxy Tab imitated the iPhone and the iPad.

"Samsung will respond actively to this legal action taken against us through appropriate legal measures to protect our intellectual property," the South Korean firm said in a statement.

Samsung has been successfully developing its own core technologies and building up its intellectual property portfolio, it said.

Yonhap news agency quoted Samsung officials as saying they suspect Apple had violated Samsung's wireless technology patents.

"Apple is one of our key buyers of semiconductors and display panels. However, we have no choice but respond strongly this time," an unidentified official was quoted as saying.

Apple was Samsung's second-largest client in 2010 after Japan's Sony Corp, accounting for four percent of the South Korean firm's 155 trillion won ($142 billion) annual revenues.

Apple accused Samsung of copying the look, product design, packaging and user interface of its products, in a lawsuit filed Friday with a US District Court in San Francisco and quoted by the Wall Street Journal.

It claimed Samsung has violated various Apple patents and trademarks.

"Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smartphone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple's technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products," the Journal quoted Apple's complaint as saying.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab has been the best-selling rival to the iPad, which has dominated the growing market for the touchscreen devices.

The legal action came as Samsung is scheduled to release the Galaxy S2 smartphone in the domestic market next week.

Patent lawsuits are a regular occurrence among technology giants in the United States. Apple is currently embroiled in disputes with Finland's Nokia, Taiwan's HTC and US handset maker Motorola among others.

**uls** · April 20th, 2011 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by goldencoil

*sir uls, sa ganitong case, pwede din ba mag counter file ng suit yung Samsung pag natalo ang Apple para dun sa mga nagastos ng Samsung during the duration of the case?

i guess. i'm not a lawyer... i can't answer that

pero hassle parin diba?

Apple is out to make life difficult for product makers that use Android