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Samsung Widens Patent Dispute With Apple

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. widened a sprawling global patent dispute with Apple Inc. by filing a countersuit in Australia, while also appealing a key ruling in Germany.

The South Korean company said Saturday it has filed a lawsuit against Apple in Australia, alleging iPhone smartphones and the iPad2 tablet computer violate multiple wireless technology patents it holds.

The move follows a pattern in other countries, where Samsung has launched legal action against Apple over technology patents after being sued by the U.S. company for allegedly copying the design of Apple's smartphones and tablets.

"To defend our intellectual property, Samsung filed a cross claim for Apple's violation of Samsung's wireless technology patents," Samsung Electronics spokesman Nam Ki-yung said.

An Apple spokesman wasn't immediately reachable for comment.

The counter claim comes ahead of a ruling later this month over whether Samsung will be prevented from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 computer in Australia. Apple took the Korean electronics maker to court in Sydney earlier this year, claiming the tablet computer breaches patents related to the iPad.

Samsung and Apple are engaged in legal action against each other around the globe, including the U.S., South Korea, France and Japan. Many analysts think the companies will ultimately come to a licensing deal to resolve their protracted legal battle, though neither has indicated as such.

Samsung on Friday also filed an appeal against a recent court ruling in Germany that bans the sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country, the Samsung spokesman said.

Earlier this month, a court in Düsseldorf upheld a preliminary injunction against sales of the tablet computer by Samsung's German unit.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903927204576576290151942466.html

 

[Mama Robotnik]

Let them destroy each other, if only just to end this.

 

[Seraphinianus]

Good, hopefully this will totally put apple out of business and all of their hipster employees won't be able to find Jobs.

as is my understanding of how the law works...judge sides with his favorite company that he argues for on the internet, right?

 

[Majine]

Fight fight fight

 

[Angelus Errare]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

 

[Mama Robotnik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtqGoHouoE0

This video contains content from UMG. It is not available in your country.

I miss old YouTube.

 

[Momo]

Enough with the bullshit formalities, let's just have world war III already.

 

[Majine]

Enough with the bullshit formalities, let's just have world war III already.

Apple's stuff is so thin and light, they would get totally owned by Samsungs HDTVs.

 

[Seraphinianus]

Apple's stuff is so thin and light, they would get totally owned by Samsungs HDTVs.

a couple volleys of razor-sharp macbook airs will take out the front line of HDTVs.

 

[Megadragon15]

a couple volleys of razor-sharp macbook airs will take out the front line of HDTVs.

But how would Macbook airs face off against Samsung refrigerators?

 

[Burger]

Good, hopefully this will totally put apple out of business and all of their hipster employees won't be able to find Jobs.

LOL hopefully.

 

[Alien Bob]

They probably stole the idea from Apple

 

[Snaku]

But how would Macbook airs face off against Samsung refrigerators?

Appliance based tower defense game sounds awesome.

 

[Seraphinianus]

But how would Macbook airs face off against Samsung refrigerators?

iphone IEDs

They haven't just been working on getting processors and shit at nano-size...they also managed to make microscopic C4.

 

[C.Dark.DN]

Samsung apparently made a machine gun sentry robot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YftEAbmMQ

 

[Majine]

Samsung apparently made a machine gun sentry robot:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5YftEAbmMQ

Well, pretty sure all these years of Apple profits have gone towards a nuke. Got enough refridgerators, Samsung?

 

[Seraphinianus]

Well, pretty sure all these years of Apple profits have gone towards a nuke. Got enough refridgerators, Samsung?

This might be Samsung's big advantage. Apple made refrigerators, but they're too small to fit people. they are, however, very intuitive and slick looking.

 

[Boken]

I'm with Sammy here!

Bitches shot first.

 

[Majine]

Tho, it probably looks a little like this:

 

[Momo]

bwahahahahaha

 

[kehs]

ast week we reported that Samsung was asking the judge in their Australian patent case against Apple, for access to the iPhone 4S source code and carrier agreements Apple has with Australia’s carriers.

An Australian judge has ruled in Samsung’s favor on the issue of carrier documents. Apple has never revealed to anyone outside of the carriers, their agreement with carriers in any country. In fact, US Cellular said a short time ago that they wouldn’t do business with Apple because of Apple’s tough carrier agreements. Now, Apple is being forced to disclose carrier details with Samsung for Vodafone, SingTel Optus, and Telestra in Australia.

http://thedroidguy.com/2011/11/sams...apples-carrier-documents-by-australian-court/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...tralian-contracts-to-samsung-judge-rules.html

 

[Cipherr]

http://thedroidguy.com/2011/11/sams...apples-carrier-documents-by-australian-court/

http://www.businessweek.com/news/20...tralian-contracts-to-samsung-judge-rules.html

Looks like the source code issue wraps up tomorrow also:

In the Australian suit, Samsung also sought the source code for the iPhone 4S firmware to support its case that Apple infringes its patents for wireless transmissions. Apple has turned over 220 pages of documents relating to the source code, Fox said.

Samsung said the source-code disclosure wasn’t enough because a file was missing. The company sought an order for Apple to produce the documents.

“Someone out there is attempting to obfuscate,” Samsung’s lawyer Cynthia Cochrane told the judge.

Bennett deferred judgment on Samsung’s request for the additional source-code material and said she would deal with it on Nov. 11, if the two sides can’t reach an agreement in the meantime.