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Apple-Samsung patent battle spills over French border

article published on 13 September, 2011

Samsung has gone on the offensive in their ongoing patent war with Apple over smartphones and tablets. They are suing Apple in France over the iPhone and iPad. The new suit revolves around three Samsung patents related to 3G technology. Perhaps taking a shot at Apple, a Samsung spokesman told Agence France-Presse, "The complaint focuses on three technology patents, and not on the design ... [ read the full article ]

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xtago
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_ 		14. September 2011 @ 03:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I think this lawsuite is going to crush Apple.

As it's not device based but service based.
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neomorph
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_ 		14. September 2011 @ 11:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by xtago:
 I think this lawsuite is going to crush Apple.

As it's not device based but service based.
I don't get the idea behind "design patents" either.
Design is copyright, not functionality (although it can be derived from that).
Who came up with the idea that design regardless of functionality can be patented in the first place ?
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