tek-monkey
wanna see my snake?
You may remember him from such court cases as ACS:Law versus everyone, where he effectively stopped all speculative invoicing scams and bankrupted the lawyer involved to boot. Now he has sat on the apple vs samsung case, and his judgement rocks!
For those that don't know, apple is in the habit of suing anyone that makes aphone that looks like theirs. You know, if it has a button, or a screen, then its an apple design. Anyway, in the latest round in the UK courts (other courts may be available), he has decided that apple don't have a leg to stand on. Why? Because apple is too cool, and nobody would mistake a samsung for an apple, therefore there can be no design patent infringement. Apple can appeal, but that would be to admit they are not cool. Gotta love this guy
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-wins-court-case-against-apple-because-not-142349772--finance.html
On a more serious note, the whole patents argument sucks big fat donkey balls. A guy in the US actually has a patent for using gestures on a touch screen, that means every phone company that uses touchscreens owe him big cash monies. Odd that he is only going after apple though, he'll probably go after the rest later.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/20/museum-display-company-sues-apple-over-touchscreen-patent/
For those that don't know, apple is in the habit of suing anyone that makes aphone that looks like theirs. You know, if it has a button, or a screen, then its an apple design. Anyway, in the latest round in the UK courts (other courts may be available), he has decided that apple don't have a leg to stand on. Why? Because apple is too cool, and nobody would mistake a samsung for an apple, therefore there can be no design patent infringement. Apple can appeal, but that would be to admit they are not cool. Gotta love this guy
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/samsung-wins-court-case-against-apple-because-not-142349772--finance.html
On a more serious note, the whole patents argument sucks big fat donkey balls. A guy in the US actually has a patent for using gestures on a touch screen, that means every phone company that uses touchscreens owe him big cash monies. Odd that he is only going after apple though, he'll probably go after the rest later.
http://9to5mac.com/2012/04/20/museum-display-company-sues-apple-over-touchscreen-patent/