Googorola Files Patent Infringement Case Against Apple; Seeks iPhone/iPad/Mac Ban

[Phynaz]

iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad 1/2, SGS2, Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 10.1 all banned in South Korea

A major cross-licensing deal between Apple/Samsung becomes more and more likely with outcomes like these.

Apple is given the largest patent infringement award in history. Samsung loses on all counter claims.

So much for your claims.

 

[BladeVenom]

Wait for the appeal.

 

[jpeyton]

Apple is given the largest patent infringement award in history. Samsung loses on all counter claims.

So much for your claims.

This is in the US alone. Apple has lost similar cases in South Korea, Germany, and Great Britain.

I'm not worried, and Samsung shouldn't be either. They are blowing Apple out of the water in smartphone sales; they had little risk and a lot of reward ($6 billion in profits in Q2 alone).

Apple's global smartphone market share is going to continue to shrink every quarter like is has for the past two years, and Samsung will reap the rewards. Just wait for the Q3 smartphone numbers to come out; my guess is that Samsung will have moved well over double the number of smartphones that Apple did.

 

[akugami]

This is in the US alone. Apple has lost similar cases in South Korea, Germany, and Great Britain.

I'm not worried, and Samsung shouldn't be either. They are blowing Apple out of the water in smartphone sales; they had little risk and a lot of reward ($6 billion in profits in Q2 alone).

Apple's global smartphone market share is going to continue to shrink every quarter like is has for the past two years, and Samsung will reap the rewards. Just wait for the Q3 smartphone numbers to come out; my guess is that Samsung will have moved well over double the number of smartphones that Apple did.

Just a note. The cell phone market is shifting from mostly dumb phones to more smart phones and that will continue as more and more dumb phones are phased out of the market. I know Apple's market share has shrunk every quarter but that's somewhat deceptive to only mention the shrinking market share as Apple's overall volume has increased every quarter.

Either way, at this point, I'm stick and tired of all the litigation.

 

[sjwaste]

You guys color your "market analysis" with personal opinion way too much. Apple isn't going away and neither is Samsung. For the most part, there isn't a ton of overlap in their targeted segments, either. Apple's global share should shrink, since they target the high margin segments at the top end, whereas Samsung (and HTC, Motorola, et al) target a piece of that high end plus just about every other segment down to the dumbphone level. Those companies' shares SHOULD grow as the market shifts toward smartphones even at the lower end.

Don't let your personal opinion of either company or your enthusiasm for their particular brand influence your analysis of the market. Both are profit-seeking entities looking to extract every possible dollar from each other, and more importantly, from you. Blind loyalty, and equally, blind disregard, for any company is a ridiculous notion. All that makes you is an inelastic consumer, which Apple, Samsung, or anyone else, loves.

Buy the best tool for the job and let these companies fight for you. The only other group that has this kind of brand loyalty that I see around here are cigarette smokers, and maybe Saab owners. Is that really the level of uninformed we are as a consumer group?

Disclosure: I'm long AAPL, GOOG, QCOM either directly or through funds. I'd be long Samsung too, if they traded on a US exchange. I also own an SGS2 and many Apple products.

 

[Tom]

This is in the US alone. Apple has lost similar cases in South Korea, Germany, and Great Britain.

I'm not worried, and Samsung shouldn't be either. They are blowing Apple out of the water in smartphone sales; they had little risk and a lot of reward ($6 billion in profits in Q2 alone).

Apple's global smartphone market share is going to continue to shrink every quarter like is has for the past two years, and Samsung will reap the rewards. Just wait for the Q3 smartphone numbers to come out; my guess is that Samsung will have moved well over double the number of smartphones that Apple did.

Could you clarify the underlying reasons you think its good for Samsung to succeed and Apple to fail ?

My own point of view as a consumer is I want them both to succeed, but I'm curious about the reasoning of others..