Following on going saga between Apple and Samsung for supremacy, new information reaching us is that Samsung just achieved another victory in the US over Apple with the ban of iPhone 4, 3GS, 3 and iPad 2 (WiFi + cellular).
Consequently, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) today ruled that Apple infringed on Samsung Patent No. 7,706,348 titled "Apparatus and Method for encoding /decoding transport format combination indicator in CDMA mobile communication system" and as such iPhone 4 (AT&T models), iPhone 3GS (AT&T models), iPhone 3G (AT&T models), iPad AT&T models(AT&T models) and iPad 2 3G (AT&T models) be disallowed for sale in the US.
Although it is very certain that Apple would appeal in a federal court but this won't tone things down for Apple.
Just last week, Samsung had victory on a case against Apple in Netherland. With this victory again comes joy for the company.
We are certain that this war is far from over.
Stay tuned as we notify you of more info in this war of the gaints
Apple today launched her official application for the 2013 Worldwide Developer's Conference scheduled for Monday 10th 2013 which is just few days away.
The app is not an update of the 2012 version but a new one completely with a new video integration feature.
The application is available free of charge and available for the iPhone and iPad.
Video sessions from the conference will be available daily to stream for registered developers.
Furthermore, previous WWDC content can also be watched.
Head over to the Apple app store to get your download. Type WWDC in the search bar and download the 4.5mb app so that you can be abreast with all information that would be released. It requires iOS 6.1 or later.
However, no worries if you can't download we would always keep you informed on all relevant information.
Battles are fought everyday in this present age and Apple vs Samsung is one of those battles that go way back and seems like it will never end.
While Apple is always in the attack and Samsung in the defense and the court is the middle ground where all the decisions are made.
Recently Apple filed a suit against Samsung stating that Samsung 10.1 inch tablet was an infringement and copy of the iPad's design. Therefore Apple requested that the device be banned.
Yesterday in a Dutch appeal court Samsung was handed a victory verdict nullifying Apple's claims that Samsung copied and infringed on patents regarding the iPad's design.
The Dutch court ruled that Samsung had not infringed on Apple's rounded corners patent of the iPad. The judge noted that Apple's iPad isn't the first tablet with a rectangular shape with rounded corners and therefore doesn't have monopoly of such design.
He further noted that ”the design of Samsung tablets differ enough from the iPad that an informed user could easily tell the difference.”
Samsung of course are thrilled with such ruling made on Friday as it would mean that the 10.1 inch tablet remains in stores and not banned as Apple was requesting.
One thing is sure, Apple and Samsung court battles are not ending any time soon as it is now obvious that they are good enemies.
There's now a new wave of attacks on the fruit company Apple Inc. by the US Department of Justice.
It is almost as if Apple have sinned against this government as its observed with recent litigation brought against said company.
Its almost as if the Goverment wants to punish Apple for something that we dont know about with all the flimsy litigations.
It is said the more prosperous one is the higher the chances of getting enemies especially from the Government. This is the case with Apple Inc. of late due to the speed at which all kinds of law suits are levied on the fruit company. If its not patent suits it would be customer care suit.
The new one in the recent suit against Apple is from the US department of Justice which says that Apple is using every means (legal by the way) to avoid paying due tax.
According to few senators championing this litigation, Apple have used a hole in the tax law to avoid paying huge tax. Apparently, Apple defended her case and as it is, it has never been said that Apple have carried out illegal actions, thus the case fizzled out.
Yet another bizarre accusation levied by the same DOJ is that Apple partnered with book publishing companies to increase the prices of ebooks.
Since the initial accusation didn't go well due to criticism from other senators, this other means was devised. Apple CEO have said that "this is bizarre and ridiculous". Also Snyder said "what the government is trying to do is reverse engineer a conspiracy from a market effect".
While other publishers have bought their way out of this suit, Apple remains steadfast and ready to take on the battle.
The trial is on and ready to continue for the next 3 weeks.
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