Apple Awarded $1 Billion in Samsung Patent Case

[Erring Ryft]

Apparently the "let's stick the phones right next to each other" argument ended up being a pretty good one to jurors. I know, I know, doom, gloom, the end of innovation as we know it. But they do look damn similar.

[Смерть]

Wow, that is a lot of money. Appeals court, here we come!

[nabbed]

Wow, that is a lot of money. Appeals court, here we come!

Like they wouldn't appeal if it was less?
You must mean - Hey, 'appeal court', how are you doing?!

[Смерть]

Yes, the second.

[Erring Ryft]

I see this going on for a long, long time.

[RabidCoqui]

I see this going on for a long, long time.

That's what she said...

[Mehtis]

That's what she said...

Don't think so.

[Gorani]

I can understand patents on functionality, but as far as I have read about this case, they also based it on the "looks" (rectangles with round corners!!).

Again, I urge the current patent holders of BRAUN to sue Apple for this:

[Erring Ryft]

I think it was more about the touchsceen functionality than the shape (or at least that appears to be what they won on).


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[Gorani]

I think it was more about the touchsceen functionality than the shape (or at least that appears to be what they won on).

Includes:
> start screen with rectangular icons
> scrolling through pages by swiping left or right
> zooming in and out by opening or closing two fingers on the screen

Some things should not be patented. They are just too basic in my opinion.