It turns out the iPhone 5 will be using the LTE radio standard for all that high-speed data that all us LTE Android owners know and love. The standard is based on a multitude of patents, some of which Samsung and HTC own. According to an insider:
“Samsung Electronics has decided to take immediate legal action against the Cupertino-based Apple. Countries in Europe and even the United States ― Apple’s home-turf ― are our primary targets.”
No legal action has been filed or made public just yet, but it shouldn’t take too long for Samsung to tackle them head on.
HTC on the other hand has already started getting their hands dirty and has presented its patent claims before a U.S. International Trade Commission Judge. Judge Thomas Pender has already let Apple’s legal team know that “Clear and convincing means something to me; I have to be pretty darn certain a US patent is invalid.” That was in response to Apple lawyers disputing the validity of HTC’s LTE patents. HTC is deep in the LTE world. They have been supplying LTE-Enabled devices for LTE capable carriers across the globe for a while now.
As much as we would like to see the newest Apple device get a preliminary injunction right out the gates, we know how slow the courts can sometimes. It is entirely possible that a judge will grant an injunction of some sort until all claims are worked out. After all the bans that Apple has been able to get imposed on devices around the globe, a small dose of their own medicine wouldn’t be to terribly bad.
What do you guys think? With all that has happened over the last year or so with Apple, Samsung, HTC and others, do you think they should turn the table and be cut throat and ruthless too?
Source: IGN via AndroidandMe
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With the way Apple has been, I hope that Samsung and HTC are cutthroat about it. Get a ban, don’t work out any kind of agreement….just sue Apple back to the 3G age.
I agree 100%! Asap
lol, hell yeah. Maroon them in 3G. That would be AWESOME.
Sue them back into 3G and then come up with 5G. Yeah!!!!!
I am glad they are suing back. I hope they win.
Totally agree with the above. Sue them to the stone age. All the shit Apple has pulled they deserve every bit of it. I’d even be happy if they were cut off everywhere but the US. No Fanboyism, Apple just flat out deserves it for the stunts they’ve pulled.
Yep. Time to fight fire with fire.
I am tired of all of the petty patent fighting being slung around. Apple suing the pants off people for rectangles with rounded corners and icons displayed in a rectangular grid was absolutely asinine, as are all of the other patent fights about tech that should be considered industry standard and leased to all for an affordable fee.
We haven’t seen this sort of petty fighting in TV, Radio, Telephone, or even much in early portable music. (At least, I don’t remember Sony ever suing the pants off other companies for making devices similar to the Walkman and Discman just because they had similar shapes and performed similar functions.) Where would the world be if every tiny technological advancement got stuck in a given country’s court system?
That said, I’m kinda glad Apple is getting a taste of its’ own medicine, and hope that maybe with this we can drop the stupid patent-crazy war and get back to making better devices that boldly do new things.
I’m soooo happy to see this now let’s see if the judges are as quick to help out Android that they were to stop us ya no??
I really do think it’s time for Apple to get a taste of its own medicine. After all of this suing is over and done with, I hope the US patent system is reviewed and reformed. It ultimately hurts the consumer.
the noble thing would be to work out an agreement.
but nobility is not going to get Samsung it’s $1.049 billion back or the legal expenses so far.
I don’t understand why apple throws rocks when its own house is made of glass.
Yay Yay!! Sue them bastards, ban the phones for months like they did to HTC. These companies need to get off there fucking ass and retaliate more. Google pull your services off Apple devices, who cares you loose a little money, you can make it up with all the android devices out there which by the way is already more then apple. Sharp or Samsung or whoever makes the iPhone screens, just STOP, Samsung processors, and so on, have the companies boycott apple and say fuck you, see if you can make a iphone without the chips. Im so excited, this is the best news all day!
Ideally, i’m sure a lot of these companies would like to do so. The unfortunate truth of the matter is, there are contracts in place binding them to Apple for x number of months/years to supply parts. Also consider that Apple is Samsung’s largest parts buyer and Samsung is Apple’s largest parts supplier. That’s what really makes this patent war crazy.
This would be perfect, especially after their iPhone 5 launch was a major disappointment.. keep spreading the word about #BOYCOTTAPPLE…..
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[...] This case isn’t over though. As mentioned, this was a preliminary ruling. The full commission will be meeting in January to decide if the judges preliminary ruling will stand or be changed. As always, Apple also has an open case going after Samsung for violating several other patents as well. Let us not also forget that Samsung should be filing yet another patent claim against Apple for 4G LTE technology, much like HTC has just done. [...]