Samsung Agrees To Pay Apple $548M To Settle Patent Battle

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Sounds like they have a realistic view of the chances of the SCOTUS wanting to tackle this ... getting to SCOTUS usually happens when there is some significant case law at play ... if they don't see something blatantly wrong they don't usually involve themselves in damage awards
 
kbrickley said:
Sounds like they have a realistic view of the chances of the SCOTUS wanting to tackle this ... getting to SCOTUS usually happens when there is some significant case law at play ... if they don't see something blatantly wrong they don't usually involve themselves in damage awards
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I would tend to agree. But given the size and scope of these companies and the likelihood that there could be other battles with Apple and other companies, SCOTUS might want to make a decision here. Unless they agree with Apple.
 
Is this case over the UI or is it that stupid case about the shape of the phone? So many of these cases are ridiculous. Pinch And Zoom (which apple lost) was insane, given that it'd been demonstrated by a 3rd party months before the iPhone was announced (and close to a year before it came out, as I recall).

At least Samsung won that one.
 
nilepez said:
Is this case over the UI or is it that stupid case about the shape of the phone? So many of these cases are ridiculous. Pinch And Zoom (which apple lost) was insane, given that it'd been demonstrated by a 3rd party months before the iPhone was announced (and close to a year before it came out, as I recall).

At least Samsung won that one.
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This is the case where some of the primary evidence against Samsung is a 100+ page document created by Samsung which outlined in detail areas where Samsung should change their devices to make them more like the iPhone with iPhone screenshots being used as the examples for how to do things.
 
Ocellaris said:
This is the case where some of the primary evidence against Samsung is a 100+ page document created by Samsung which outlined in detail areas where Samsung should change their devices to make them more like the iPhone with iPhone screenshots being used as the examples for how to do things.
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Well that could be problematic ;)
 
Investigate USPTO for corruption. Petty prior art patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place and as a matter of fact several have been invalidated due to other countries' verdicts while Apple gets a free pass to xerox copy Samsung with iPhone 6/6S that's a Galaxy sized phone, iPad Prosumer is Galaxy Note Pro precision pen tablet, iOS split view menu is Touchwiz from 2012 and more.
 
It's worth noting that all these appeals have only been about damages. Samsung's one attempt to appeal infringement of the patents ended badly and they haven't contested infringement since.

They're settling this to avoid further injunctive relief (ban on sales) that Apple has been seeking.
 
kbrickley said:
Sounds like they have a realistic view of the chances of the SCOTUS wanting to tackle this ... getting to SCOTUS usually happens when there is some significant case law at play ... if they don't see something blatantly wrong they don't usually involve themselves in damage awards
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SCOTUS is never going to review this because there's no major dispute over the law. Samsung's latest appeal was so frivolous that the Federal Circuit summarily dismissed it without hearing arguments and without any dissenting justices.

The fat lady has sung, and everyone knew it except Samsung.
 
mi7chy said:
Investigate USPTO for corruption. Petty prior art patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place and as a matter of fact several have been invalidated due to other countries' verdicts while Apple gets a free pass to xerox copy Samsung with iPhone 6/6S that's a Galaxy sized phone, iPad Prosumer is Galaxy Note Pro precision pen tablet, iOS split view menu is Touchwiz from 2012 and more.
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In fairness, the USPTO is not the most staffed and funded operation in the USA government ... although I think it would be unpopular with folks on this forum the best solution is to take the government completely out of the patent business ... allow the corporations to form their own patent board to issue and review the patents ... as long as they don't violate anti trust laws they are far more capable than the government to manage patents

the other option would be to put the patent office under the security envelope (which would give it the resources and funding it needs) ... patents are likely more of a security resource these days than an IP one
 
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