White House declines to stop ban on Samsung products in Apple patent case

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  • Reply 21 of 45
    Samsung will paint this as blatant nationalistic discrimination to distract from the egregious reality of their documented abuses.
  • Reply 22 of 45
    cash907cash907 Posts: 893member
    Double standard and corporate favoritism? Naaaaaaaah. He not that kinda guy.
  • Reply 23 of 45
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    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post





    The problem now is there's no one around to enforce it.

     

    Doesn't matter. What Apple really gains from this is that Samsung has had to (yet again) modify its devices to avoid infringement. Even if no devices actually get banned Apple still wins as Samsung had to make changes.

  • Reply 24 of 45
    simtubsimtub Posts: 277member
    So which devices are actually banned?
  • Reply 25 of 45
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
    Doesn't matter. What Apple really gains from this is that Samsung has had to (yet again) modify its devices to avoid infringement. Even if no devices actually get banned Apple still wins as Samsung had to make changes.

    Actually, even that doesn't help much. Samsung's blatant theft of Apple technology probably cost Apple a lot more than the $1 B that Apple might collect some day.

    The problem is that the system moves too slowly. By the time the appeals are exhausted and Apple gets a Samsung device banned, it's already obsolete. Samsung can continue to infringe with impunity - by the time they get caught and fined, they've already earned far more money than they have to pay in fines. And banning a 3 year old product isn't worth much.

    Apple would win if one of three things would happen:

    1. Samsung is punished heavily enough that the infringement no longer makes them more money than they pay out.
    2. Consumers see Samsung constantly getting slapped down by the courts and stop buying Samsung copycat products.
    3. After Samsung gets slapped down by a court often enough to irritate a judge, the court creates some mechanism whereby patent claims against Samsung's products get expedited review.

    Frankly, I don't see any of those things happening. Samsung has a great scam - steal technology, make billions from it, and then pay a modest fine out of pocket change.
  • Reply 26 of 45
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    Originally Posted by pazuzu View Post



    Obummer can't afford to have half the country dislike him even more.

     

    Which is better than the 63% (and counting) that dislike the GOP and their teenage sidekick, the Tealiban Party.

  • Reply 27 of 45
    connieconnie Posts: 101member
    Obama is a great president. He should look at more products from non US firms to ban. If I had it my way only Apple iPhones should be allowed to be sold in the USA. Even though not overturning this ban is politically motivated, the US government must continue to stop Samsung and other manufacturers from selling devices in the USA.
  • Reply 28 of 45
    So something that [B]didn't[/B] happen is news?
  • Reply 29 of 45

    oooohhhh Samsung!

     

    ROFLAMO

  • Reply 30 of 45
    lkrupplkrupp Posts: 10,557member

    This is NOT going over too well with the Samdroids on C|net. No, not at all. Combine politics with hatred and ho-boy, what a volatile mix. 

  • Reply 31 of 45
    ochymingochyming Posts: 474member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by pazuzu View Post



    Obummer can't afford to have half the country dislike him even more.

     

     

    AH!, AH!

  • Reply 32 of 45
    ochymingochyming Posts: 474member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AppleSince86 View Post



    Samsung will paint this as blatant nationalistic discrimination to distract from the egregious reality of their documented abuses.

     

     

    The mainstream media keep on ignoring Samsung shenanigans.

    The BBC, The Guardian, the worst of them all - The HuffingtonPost ...

    Samsung knows this, so it will not change.

  • Reply 33 of 45
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    ochyming wrote: »

    The mainstream media keep on ignoring Samsung shenanigans.
    The BBC, The Guardian, the worst of them all - The HuffingtonPost ...
    Samsung knows this, so it will not change.

    Because it's really not all that important.
  • Reply 34 of 45
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,718member
    Its OK to copy yourself. ;-)

    'Autoplagiarism' :D
  • Reply 35 of 45
    mhiklmhikl Posts: 471member
    Even a small sep in justice lifts the weary fighter's heart. A club, shackles - nay, public spanks, not too much to ask. But as we delight in the wee treats one dreams of stocks or the pillory for the shameful one. Pillory's my preference, but whose to quibble with the delights of either.
  • Reply 36 of 45
    MacProMacPro Posts: 19,718member
    lkrupp wrote: »
    This is NOT going over too well with the Samdroids on C|net. No, not at all. Combine politics with hatred and ho-boy, what a volatile mix. 

    Oh let's all go over there and stir the proverbial! :)

    Remember, always start off stating you own several Androids and PCs and love all things Google. Microsoft and Samsung (careful with that spelling ... ) but ... then slam everything about them. Oh and make up really cool troll names. :D
  • Reply 37 of 45
    ochymingochyming Posts: 474member
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    Originally Posted by dasanman69 View Post





    Because it's really not all that important.

     

    Yeah, being honest is not important?

  • Reply 38 of 45
    elrothelroth Posts: 1,201member
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    Originally Posted by reydn View Post





    Now, if he could figure out how to reach across the aisle, broker a deal, and learn the meaning of compromise ...

     

    The U.S. doesn't negotiate with terrorists.

     

    As far as compromising, the Senate budget bill hits the EXACT numbers the Republicans want - they already compromised, all the way to meet the Republicans' demands. They even put the sequester cuts into it, making them permanent. That's not good enough for the crazies, though - they couldn't stop health care by actually voting down the original law, so they try to hold the country hostage over it. It won't work.

  • Reply 39 of 45
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    ochyming wrote: »
    Yeah, being honest is not important?

    It has nothing to do with honesty.
  • Reply 40 of 45
    mechanicmechanic Posts: 805member
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    Originally Posted by jsmythe00 View Post



    If tha

    if that's all apple got then its a hollow victory. 

    No not really because now they make samsung modify there devices.  That modification includes newer devices too because if they dont they will find themselves right back in court for the newer devices.  Which Apple is already doing.  Apple has made no bones about it.  

    Tim Cook put it this way:

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     “From our point of view, it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world. We cannot take all of our energy and all of our care, and finish the painting, and have someone else put their [sic] name on it. We cannot have that. The worse thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer and you’ve given your life to something is to have someone to rip it off and put their [sic] name on it. What we want to accomplish is, we just want people to invent their own stuff” (Tim Cook interview with All Things Digital)


    This is why they go to court.  There not interested in licensing there ideas and ip.  They just want people to quit using there ideas and stealing there ip. Period.

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