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Tim Cook To Speak With Samsung About Lawsuit Settlements Today
Right when we thought the final decision would be given to the jury, Apple and Samsung are now back to settlement talks. Tim Cook will speak to Samsung CEO Kwon Oh Hyun over the phone in attempt to settle various infringement disputes. Hopefully past settlement talks aren't any clue of what's to arise. Bloomberg has the report, via...
This Gigantic Chart Explains All Of Apple’s Patent Claims Against Samsung
Apple claims that Samsung is infringing on at least 4 of its major design patents, 3 of its feature patents with over 20 different devices. While it all sounds kind of complicated and confusing, a single gigantic chart easy enough to understand (shown below), gives you a good idea about just how many patents we're talking...
Court Case: Samsung Beefs Over Exhibit Stickers On Devices
With two weeks almost into this Samsung vs Apple court case, I'd be willingly to bet things are heating up. They sure are, but last week we unarguably learned more information in regard to the case. So far, sale figures, icon similarities, and 'proof' Samsung copied the iPhone was presented in court this week. Another...
Apple And Samsung Sale Numbers Revealed In Court Filing
With the Apple vs Samsung court case remaining quiet most of this past week, we finally have some interesting data to share. We may not have those fun prototype shots, but we do have some sale figures. During yesterday's court pleading Samsung revealed sale figures for both companies. Unfortunately they are sale figures of what...
This Samsung Report Details How to Be More Like the iPhone in 126 Steps
Yesterday Apple submitted evidence in court that could be the 'smoking gun' to further detail how Samsung copied the iPhone. An internal 132 page Samsung document from 2012 was translated from Korean into English details specific iPhone features side by side to the Samsung Galaxy S, as noted by AllThingsD. Every single aspect of the...
Samsung: The Shared Evidence Was Requested By The Public
In a report yesterday, Samsung shared some critical evidence to the public, in which was denied to be involved with the case by Judge Lucy Koh a day prior. Although this evidence would help Samsung prove its innocence, the Jury was forbidden access to these slides. So Samsung went ahead and publicized them anyways. After...
Apple Steals Mobile Market Share From Android Smartphone Makers Including Samsung [comScore]
comScore, the global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics, has today released data from the comScore MobiLens service reporting overall U.S. mobile phone market share during the three month average period ending June 2012. The numbers reveal that Apple continues to gain share in the OEM market ranking third with 15.4% of mobile...
Does This Look Like Something That Would Inspire Jony Ive For iPhone’s Design? [PHOTOS]
As the crucial Samsung vs. Apple patents battle began in San Jose federal court this week, Samsung tried to convince the jury that before Apple unveiled the first iPhone, it was pursuing a design inspired by a device from Sony. In response, Apple submitted another iPhone prototype code named ”Purple” which indicated it was designed several months before the...
Samsung Publishes Excluded Court Evidence, Angering Court Judge
Today marked the second day of the heated Apple, Samsung court case, and Samsung is already under hot water after releasing exclusive case evidence. Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung the ability to show the jury their pre-iPhone F700 device, yet it would prove they didn’t copy the iPhone. So earlier today Samsung sent the slides...
Steve Jobs Even Had Doubts Regarding The iPhone
The iPhone was released during a time smartphones were almost unheard of. Sure, there were a few smartphones, such as the BlackBerry, but that was really all there was. Due to the bare smartphone community, Steve Jobs sure did have some doubts regarding his touchscreen smartphone. According to Apple industrial designer Chris Stringer, the iPhone's...
Apple Forced To Reveal Many New iPhone and iPad Prototypes
As we all know, the Apple and Samsung patent trial will launch tomorrow in a US District court located in northern California. Although much of the legal talk is considered boring by many, you may find interest in many prototype photographs and CAD models revealed by the two companies. Earlier this week court documents revealed...
IDC 2012 Q2 Report: Samsung’s Numerous Smartphones Enable Lead Over Apple in Marketshare
According to the latest IDC report on worldwide smartphone marketshare, Samsung and Apple continue to dominate over traditional cellphone makers such as Nokia and HTC. The latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report notes on 2012 Q2 smartphone marketshare and Samsung dominates with 32.6% (50.2 million phones shipped), while Apple trails at 16.9% (26...