Patent Battles: Who are the Trolls?

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Interesting point of view on what actually the source and reason for the animosity between Apple and Samsung might be...
Apple?s iPhone 5 Dilemma: Is it Samsung Galaxy S2 or Android OS? - International Business Times

By suing Samsung, Apple has actually taken away the public attention from the problems the company is facing, of late. After Samsung Galaxy S2 was received with rave reviews, it looks like Apple, which usually launches the iPhone versions in June failed to introduce their next iPhone.

and some comments
iPhone 5 has a big problem

During second quarter, Apple shipped 20.3 million smartphones, with Samsung following close behind with 19.2 million units, according to IDC. A year earlier, Samsung shipped just 3.1 million smartphones. Do the math -- that's 520 percent year-over-year growth.

Sounds a bit like a stretch but doesn't violate common sense...

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Summary.

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Talk about family business...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Wang
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21698

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Talking about patents: sometimes they are neat and tidy to actually be seen not only like trolling tools...
Microsoft patents modular Windows Phone with swappable batteries, keyboard, and gamepad -- Engadget

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Patents or not, Apple knew exactly where expect trouble from months in advance
Samsung moves ten million Galaxy S II smartphones, pats itself on the back -- Engadget
5M handsets in two months without the US market is not something to sneeze at...

It is up to the iPhone 5 to bring back the "magic"...

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Apple's attempt to trademark "multi-touch" was denied. Just like appstore before that.
Apple Denied Trademark for Multi-Touch - Mac Rumors

I wouldn't be surprised to learn one day that they applied for a trademark to "being a$$hole".
Despite a ton of prior art, I'd give it to them...

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This will turn some heads...
Microsoft and Samsung sitting in a tree, patent s-h-a-r-i-n-g -- Engadget

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The Samsung-Microsoft deal could be a sign of changes brewing...
Samsung forms alliance with MS against Apple <img src='http://110.45.173.104/www/news/images/ic_korean.gif'>

“If Samsung truly believed that Google’s takeover of Motorola Mobility was going to be helpful to the
entire Android eco-system at large, it would have waited until that deal was closed before concluding
the license agreement with Microsoft,” said a Samsung official.
"Samsung knows it can’t rely on Google. We’ve decided to address Android IP issues on our own".

That doesn't sound very optimistic...

How this will benefit Samsung against Apple isn't clear.
HTC made a deal with Microsoft over a year ago but no changes in the Apple fight.

I guess the outcome of the Microsoft-Motorola/Google spat will bring the answer...

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Another mystery solved: that quote in the previous post has nothing to do with Samsung official.
It comes from Florian Mueller.

And everybody knows how wise that guy is...

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