Samsung Galaxy S4 & Google Now accused of violating Apple patents for Siri

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  • Reply 21 of 49
    So Apple filed some paperwork in court. Big deal. Wake me when there's a verdict. Until then, this is hardly "news".
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  • Reply 22 of 49
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    cnocbui wrote: »

    And how are the courts funded?  Taxes maybe?  To enable a greater throughput, they might need to be more generously funded.  Perhaps Tim could offer to provide the funding to get the end result he seems to want.

    I bet Tim would be happy to fund the US courts to speed up the cases before the points are too late and Scamsung had benefited from the delays to the tune of billions of dollars. It just might not look too good if they did and won... :D
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  • Reply 23 of 49
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
    So Apple filed some paperwork in court. Big deal. Wake me when there's a verdict. Until then, this is hardly "news".

    Normally I'd agree but just after Tim was pushing home the issue of the slowness of IP protection yesterday in front of the entire tech world (and a few politicians who probably didn't understand ) it seems more news worthy than normal IMHO.
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  • Reply 24 of 49
    How is it possible patents are violated when the endresult is better than what Apple makes...? Google Now is much better than Siri, so Google does better things with the so called pattents from Apple. Apple must realize that they fall behind more every year. Just take a look at the HTC One
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  • Reply 25 of 49
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Marcus7110 

    How is it possible patents are violated when the endresult is better than what Apple makes...?


     


    Yeah, you'll be here for a while¡

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  • Reply 26 of 49
    sflocalsflocal Posts: 6,180member

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    Originally Posted by Marcus7110 View Post



    ..paid shill nonsense....




    Everybody stop at the sidewalk and wait for the one-post troll to speed by...

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  • Reply 27 of 49
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    If they are assuming that an iPhone cannot be released without using their technology, that means that the technology must be essential for the operation of a smartphone.

    There were smartphones before Apple and I'm sure MS Windows phone 7/8 doesn't violate the patents.
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  • Reply 28 of 49
    ankleskaterankleskater Posts: 1,287member

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    Originally Posted by Mike Barriault View Post



    Apple adds the Galaxy S4 to the suit after it's been out for a few weeks so that their engineers and IP experts have a chance to look at it and verify the infringement.



    Didn't Samsung try to add the iPhone 5 to their suit before it was even announced?




    Does it really matter? Is it that important to find every angle possible to paint Samsung as evil and Apple as saintly? Neither company is naive. They do what they feel is best at a time that makes the most sense to them.

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  • Reply 29 of 49
    ankleskaterankleskater Posts: 1,287member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Marcus7110 View Post



    How is it possible patents are violated when the endresult is better than what Apple makes...? Google Now is much better than Siri, so Google does better things with the so called pattents from Apple. Apple must realize that they fall behind more every year. Just take a look at the HTC One


    I believe HTC took a long hard look at iPhone 5 before anyone looked at the HTC One.

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  • Reply 30 of 49
    mhiklmhikl Posts: 471member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Marcus7110 View Post



    How is it possible patents are violated when the endresult is better than what Apple makes...? Google Now is much better than Siri, so Google does better things with the so called pattents from Apple. Apple must realize that they fall behind more every year. Just take a look at the HTC One


    Lovely! Another troll to block, and on its first post; though probably been round in numerous guises. Now if only there were some dedicated Android sites we could visit and mock. Nope, just sites where the droid users whine & complain and beg for assistance.


     


    As Nelson would say, "Ha, ha."


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  • Reply 31 of 49


    This article is a little misleading.  Apple is suing over on-device search I believe.  Google Now only refers to the service that prefetches relevant data from the internet and Google's cloud.  I don't think Apple would have ground to sue over the actual Google Now since it's simply an extension of Google's search engine.

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  • Reply 32 of 49
    tooltalktooltalk Posts: 766member

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    Originally Posted by charlituna View Post





    Because it isn't about the actual money so much as the principle of the thing and the fear that once folks go to something like Samsung and Android they won't come back, particularly if they can, their eyes, get all the features of the iPhone for cheaper


     


    If Apple's lawsuits are indeed about principle, why isn't Apple after Google, not Samsung?

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  • Reply 33 of 49
    It looks nothing like the Iphone5.
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  • Reply 34 of 49
    cnocbuicnocbui Posts: 3,613member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post





    I bet Tim would be happy to fund the US courts to speed up the cases before the points are too late and Scamsung had benefited from the delays to the tune of billions of dollars. It just might not look too good if they did and won... image




    I was thinking that maybe they could be really clever and sneaky and not put such creative effort into minimising their taxes and just pay more, then the govt might be slightly better able to improve resources that they would benefit from.

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  • Reply 35 of 49


    I guess all this stuff has it's place and time for the people who need it. I'm more impressed with the 3D printer that NASA is funding to replicate (like Star Trek) food. 

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  • Reply 36 of 49
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Marcus7110 

    It looks nothing like the Iphone5.


     


    Pay attention to what you're saying before posting again.

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  • Reply 37 of 49
    allenbfallenbf Posts: 993member
    Of course Apple has the right to defend patents. And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why they are targeting Samsung - it's the biggest competitor. Having said that, though, what Google is doing with Google Now is pretty far ahead of Apple. I don't expect that to change, as Google is an information and search behemoth and Apple is the maker of the best damn tech hardware on the planet.

    For me personally, Apple hardware and robust Google apps are the best of both worlds. :-)
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  • Reply 38 of 49
    gatorguygatorguy Posts: 24,772member

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    Originally Posted by wakefinance View Post


    This article is a little misleading.  Apple is suing over on-device search I believe.  Google Now only refers to the service that prefetches relevant data from the internet and Google's cloud.  I don't think Apple would have ground to sue over the actual Google Now since it's simply an extension of Google's search engine.



    The '604 patent that Apple would like to assert against the Google Now feature was already deemed not infringed by a US Appeals court several months ago in a preliminary injunction case Apple brought against the Galaxy Nexus and the Android Quick Search box. In addition it's also involved in a USPTO reexamination and may be invalid in whole or part. Apparently Apple wants to take another stab at it now that the feature has been changed to Google Now.


     


    http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2012/10/apple-v-samsung-adding-elements-to-avoid-infringement.html

     

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  • Reply 39 of 49
    xgmanxgman Posts: 160member
    I am sick to death of Apple's bullying other companies. Nonsense.
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  • Reply 40 of 49
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by xgman View Post

    I am sick to death of Apple's bullying other companies. Nonsense.




    And cut! Great, Ted, thanks; we'll use that sound byte if Apple ever starts to bully other companies.

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