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if not the Koreans, then the Taiwanese, if not the Japanese...

they are all pretty much willing to break what ever law or IP to take away market share and make a buck at what ever cost !

it was wrong for Apple to even think Samsung would play fair.. Apple is screwed if not today than a few years down the road.

Apple lost in Korea and Europe. Made in China junk now qualifies for patents-who knew. What's next-melamine tainted milk will have its own patent.

Apple is essentuially a toy producer. There are much funnier and much more developing toys in this world.

I'm tired of the Apple bubble. Time for it to crush.

The American court said the American Company was right.

The South Korean court said the South Korean Company was right.
http://newyork.newsday.com/business/technology/apple-vs-samsung-s-korea-court-rules-iphone-not-copied-1.3924986

Surprise, Surprise.

This is going to be appealed and go into various venues, etc.

California will stand with Cupertino, but NJ will stand with Ridgefield Park (big Samsung Operations center there, thousands of jobs).

I'm personally worried that APPL will come after me for the grid-like arrangement of my lemon squares or the rounded edges on my toast. Or the way my stomach bounces back when I scroll too quickly to one side or the other.

bdrasin says

I'm personally worried that APPL will come after me for the grid-like arrangement of my lemon squares or the rounded edges on my toast. Or the way my stomach bounces back when I scroll too quickly to one side or the other.

Good point. Here's a piece on the same wavelength of your post:

If Apple had really been in the design business then they’d have seen Samsung’s copy as sheer flattery (at least at the trade dress level) and moved on to the next iteration. Design is fashion, a peculiar form of intellectual property that wavers and transforms by the season.

In Brussels right now you can buy Pierre Marcolini’s autumn collection of chocolates. Since Marcolini began making single estate chocs, combining them with ingredients like Earl Grey tea, that fashion has swept through the chocolate making business. His neat idea of copying the seasonal element of fashion is also out there and copied. Marcolini is no longer alone in launching seasonal sweets.

But that’s trivial you might say…. not to Pierre though, I’m sure. And that is the central issue with ideas and designs. To a degree, they are shared property. On the bigger stage, in the fashion business, Zara is a b-school case study in how to copy catwalk design and to get them into the shop, pronto. Zara in fact has built a new retail business model around being deft enough with color and shape not to be a total copycat but to get close enough that buyers crave its goods, while the original is still fresh in people’s minds.

When the Duchess of Cambridge wears blue, knitted, shops fill with blue, knitted. Chinese car manufacturers are upbraided for copying the designs of western car makers. But take a look at the new Audis. Audi is the up and coming design house in autos but I happen to think their latest shapes are a rip off of Mercedes. There’s only so many ways you can do four wheels and a cabin (or cockpit I guess we should say).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/benzingainsights/2012/08/27/did-apple-just-lose-the-chinese-market/

This is what I dislike about IP trolling. There seem to be different standards in different industries, esp. when it comes to design, which is far more subjective and nebulous than say, trying to imitate some patented process. And yes, they all do it, it's not just Apple.

Those who can innovate, those who can't sue.

CaptainShuddup says

Those who can innovate, those who can't sue.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/samsungs-phablet-threaten-ipad-mini-182242035.html

I'm very upset with Apple's monopolistic approach. I think I will buy this phablet thing and I will ignore any Apple toys for a while.

thunderlips11 says

The American court said the American Company was right.

The South Korean court said the South Korean Company was right.
http://newyork.newsday.com/business/technology/apple-vs-samsung-s-korea-court-rules-iphone-not-copied-1.3924986

Surprise, Surprise.

Yep! its about jobs and having a marquee employer and production in your jurisdiction who provides jobs!

http://www.youtube.com/embed/rdIWKytq_q4

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/careful-apple-rich-powerful-now-easy-people-hate-160036509.html

And some predict apple share will go to $1600.