The Apple and Samsung court cases grind ever onwards in the way that legal cases often do, but today’s hearing has unearthed one interesting section: Samsung prepared an affidavit that could bring other tablet makers into the firing line.
Luke Hopewell at ZDNet’s been reporting from the court room, and he notes that Samsung’s representatives told the court that they’d prepared an affidavit that detailed how other tablets — not just the contentious Galaxy Tab 10.1 — bore similarities to the iPad.
The report states that Samsung’s legal representatives told the court that
Not only are there many [similar] products on the market … they all have short lives, and there was evidence before [Justice Annabelle Bennett] that the other devices had the same functionality as the Samsung tablet.”
Predictably, the case still continues to grind onwards. [ZDNet]
Samsung’s Official Statement:
No decision was handed down by the court today regarding the validity of the preliminary injunction on sales of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1.
We have appealed on the grounds that Apple has failed to establish a case sufficient to justify an injunction that blocks market access for our product.
Samsung will continue to assert our position that our GALAXY Tab 10.1 is innovative and does not infringe Apple’s intellectual property rights, and take all available measures to ensure our tablet device are available to consumers in Australia.
Andrew
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:27 PMTo paraphrase: We’d like to highlight that this case has been intentionally undertaken for strategic market advantage. Were it not an egregious abuse of the legal system, there would be many more defendants stand beside us.
Andrew
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:27 PMTo paraphrase: We’d like to highlight that this case has been intentionally undertaken for strategic market advantage. Were it not an egregious abuse of the legal system, there would be many more defendants stand beside us.
Andrew
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:34 PMCould someone please delete this and the double-post. I swear I only hit reply once…
Parker
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:29 PMIt wasn’t fair for Apple to single out Samsung, so bringing other brands into the mix is good.
Also, “If I’m going down, I’m taking you all with me!”
Citizen
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:42 PMI think it’s more of a ‘what are you going to do? Sue EVERY other company as well?’… to be honest, I wouldn’t put it past Apple..
adrian
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 4:44 PMThey should just give it up, when more than one company make a similar product, say a phone or tablet, of course there’s going to be similarities in how they work
Citizen
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 5:12 PMWhen you say they, do you mean Apple or Samsung? As much as I’d want this nonsense to end.. Apple is somehow winning this nonsense, so until they lose they wont quit, and Samsung.. well I’m on their side so I hope they don’t lol..
Would be wonderful if Apple infringed some massive patent on their iPhone and had to stop selling it, but that would never happen..
doubleDizz
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 5:23 PMnow that Jobs ain’t around anymore, I think we’ll start to see the term “settlement” making a comeback…
BenDTU
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 5:33 PM“Apple can’t compete so they sue!”
“Samsung are unoriginal and can only copy!”
“iOS is locked down and limiting!”
“Android is laggy and fragmented!”
“iSheep!”
“Fandroid!”
Rinse, repeat.
richard
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 6:36 PMlol!
Nathan
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 8:07 PMWindows Phone 7.5 on Nokia Lumia 800 pwns both of them.
Matt
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 10:32 PMIsn’t the basis for Apple’s lawsuit that Samsung made a rectangular tablet that uses a touch screen interface which resembles theirs? Does that mean Apple will sue TV makers when Apple starts making TVs because the others make rectangular screens that you can watch stuff on…
daryl
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 12:55 AMWiden? It will run for a thousand years