Samsung may have lost a major battle with Apple last week, but the patent wars go on—and the latest victory is Samsung's. This puts Samsung in the lead with 3-1?
Japan may or may not be viewed as an independent jurisdiction but it's positive for Samsung.
Also, there was an expert opinion by a Silicon valley patent consultant (missed the gentleman's name, Kevin Rivette, perhaps) saying that how this tech war will turn out will be each party giving the other cross licences. This supports Ms. Fried's comment in this brief news:- http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/20128315959128736.html
"Ina Fried, the senior editor at technology website All Things Digital, told Al Jazeera that the key unanswered question in the smartphone industry is "whose technology is more essential and whose technology is being borrowed".
"I think the consumer is going to lose ... until there is an understanding throughout the industry. What there needs to be is an agreement. And typically that comes after a few court cases, where the sides pay each other for certain patents, go their own ways in other areas, but until there is that certainty, a lot of time, energy and money is going to be wasted in court hearings," she said."
Samsung may have lost a major battle with Apple last week, but the patent wars go on—and the latest victory is Samsung's. This puts Samsung in the lead with 3-1?
http://www.newser.com/story/153214/japan-hands-samsung-win-in-apple-pate...
Japan may or may not be viewed as an independent jurisdiction but it's positive for Samsung.
Also, there was an expert opinion by a Silicon valley patent consultant (missed the gentleman's name, Kevin Rivette, perhaps) saying that how this tech war will turn out will be each party giving the other cross licences. This supports Ms. Fried's comment in this brief news:- http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/08/20128315959128736.html
"Ina Fried, the senior editor at technology website All Things Digital, told Al Jazeera that the key unanswered question in the smartphone industry is "whose technology is more essential and whose technology is being borrowed".
"I think the consumer is going to lose ... until there is an understanding throughout the industry. What there needs to be is an agreement. And typically that comes after a few court cases, where the sides pay each other for certain patents, go their own ways in other areas, but until there is that certainty, a lot of time, energy and money is going to be wasted in court hearings," she said."