Samsung vs Apple - Round 2!

[MalicE]

Now Samsung Is Suing Apple Over the iPhone 5

The patent brawl between Samsung and Apple marches on. Samsung on Tuesday filed amendment documents requesting to add the iPhone 5 to its existing suit against the Cupertino company.

Samsung accuses Apple’s latest smartphone of infringing eight of its patents, the same ones it claims Apple’s new iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, and iPod touch also infringe. In its filing, Samsung states, “The iPhone 5 has the same accused functionality as the previously accused versions of the iPhone, so the proof of infringement of the patents-in-suit by the iPhone 5 is the same as for other Apple devices already accused of infringement in this litigation.”

To justify adding the iPhone 5 to the previous filing, Samsung states in its amendment that it “could not have known whether the rumored iPhone 5 would practice its patented technologies when it filed its infringement contentions on June 15. The product was not on the market at that time and could not have been included in the contentions.”

Nonetheless, Samsung had already threatened to sue Apple over the iPhone 5 this month. And earlier reports indicated that Samsung had planned to add the iPhone 5 to its list of infringing Apple devices once it confirmed that the smartphone had 4G LTE capability.

The news comes just over month after a U.S. jury found Samsung guilty of violating many of Apple’s design patents. The jury decided Samsung owed Apple close to $1.05 billion in damages.

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Seriously, this is becoming tiresome now :wtf:

 

[OmegaFenix]

 

[Dan]

I'm probably biased as I've been an iPhone fan for years now, but Samsung is behaving like a sulky child with all this counter-suing and anti-iPhone print and TV advertising.

Goodbye, courageous underdog brand image.

 

[OmegaFenix]

I'm probably biased as I've been an iPhone fan for years now, but Samsung is behaving like a sulky child with all this counter-suing and anti-iPhone print and TV advertising.

Goodbye, courageous underdog brand image.

I think the whole patent war this is getting rather out of hand but I agree Samsung's sulky behaviours with this anti-iphone advertising campaign is just making then unlike able in my opinion.

 

[MalicE]

I'm on the other side of the fence (Android FTW), but even I think this is becoming borderline pathetic. I've never really liked either apple or samsung, and this is just fueling it now.

 

[Amberdrake]

Honestly its all for advertising. They really should take the hint and see that they only making really rich lawyers

 

[m3n4ce]

jeez... just call it a tie, and stop acting like spoiled brats.

Its like BMW suing Audi because they used 4 wheels on their cars....
and then Audi suing BMW for having a steering wheel

Really.....