• Apple Wins Patent Battle With Samsung



    "The jury has reached a verdict in the Apple vs. Samsung patent trial taking pace in a San Jose, Calif. court. Apple succeeded in the majority of its claims against Samsung, with the jury awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages and potentially banning several Samsung devices from the U.S. market.

    The jury validated almost all of Apple’s claims against Samsung, for many different smartphones and tablets, putting the South Korean electronics giant on the hook for $1.049 billion. The jury also found that at least some of the infringement was “willful,” which helped lead to the high figure. (Take a look at the complete verdict form here.)

    Among the Apple-patented features Samsung devices were found to have been infringing upon: the “bounce-back” that happens when you scroll to the end of a list, double-tap zoom, pinch-to-zoom as well as the design and iconography on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches."

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    1. floppybootstomp's Avatar
      floppybootstomp -
      So - Germany favours Samsung, the USA favours Apple.

      Guess whose law is most likely to take effect?
    1. Grogan's Avatar
      Grogan -
      The rest of the world has the right to enjoy competing products, without interference from America.
    1. floppybootstomp's Avatar
      floppybootstomp -
      Alright, which thread do I respond to? There are two of the buggers
    1. Grogan's Avatar
      Grogan -
      We could start locking these ones, that are automatically generated when we promote a post to an article. With the new system, the promoted threads stay where they are and the front page entry is a separate thing. The threads can be (and usually are these days) posted to normal areas of the board where everyone can comment.

      Or perhaps there are no consequences to deleting these generated "VBCMS comment" threads after promoting an article?
    1. floppybootstomp's Avatar
      floppybootstomp -
      Ah, I see, understand now, sorry bout dat. noted for future reference.
    1. ZemaTalon's Avatar
      ZemaTalon -
      Quote Originally Posted by Grogan View Post
      We could start locking these ones, that are automatically generated when we promote a post to an article. With the new system, the promoted threads stay where they are and the front page entry is a separate thing. The threads can be (and usually are these days) posted to normal areas of the board where everyone can comment.

      Or perhaps there are no consequences to deleting these generated "VBCMS comment" threads after promoting an article?
      Might be worth a little experimentation to see what happens if we delete one