“Reuters, which followed the court hearing, notes that the comments
came as part of request by Apple to get an injunction
against Samsung’s tablets in the U.S., and that a formal order on
whether Samsung infringes on an Apple utility patent will be issued
“fairly promptly.”
“We are awaiting the judge’s decision, and Samsung will continue
to actively defend its intellectual proprery rights,” a Samsung
spokesman told CNET.
An Apple spokeswoman reiterated a statement made by the company
earlier this year saying “it’s no coincidence that Samsung’s
latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape
of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging.
This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple’s
intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.”
The judge’s comments come the same day Apple won an interlocutory
injunction by the Federal Court of Australia against Samsung
and the company’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, keeping the product
from being sold in the country until the case goes to trial. In that
complaint, Apple had argued that the device infringed on two of
its patents relating to multi-touch technologies.” - Lowensohn, J.
(2011)
Analysis
This is very recent case again involving Apple Corp. There is a
tough battle between those two companies Apple and Samsung
and their products. In this copyright infringenment product design
has its key, as Apple claims that Samsung copies product
and packaging designs which I believe is correct. Because of this
Samsung may lose lots of money as this affects selling among
countires.

Innovate don't Imitate. This is a clear case of infringement where Samsung are trying to latch on to a growing trend in design and have taken their inspiration too literally from Apple and infringement on their design rights. However you have to wonder when it is not only Samsung they are suing over similar claims but HTC,LG,Motorola,Sony,Amazon,and Nokia!
ReplyDeleteThe new Samsung Galaxy mobile phone, is very similar to the I phone,
ReplyDeletethe design and packaging, which shows how Samsung has copy from the Apple brand.