Somewhat misleading heading ... They supplied code for both sides it seems.

Waiting for, but not holding my breath for or really caring about, ZZZ to chime in. Just saying.

I don't see how Samsung comes out a winner in all this. They spend hundreds of millions, are losing the legal battle, get labeled a company that copies Apple's designs and will undoubtably lose sales when some people (like me) steer clear of anything that has Samsung written on it. Samsung could have settled with Apple in 2010, instead they damage their good brand name by copying Apple's designs and end up winning nothing. They are sure to lose Apple as a client as soon as Apple can do without 'em.

It's pathetic how Samsung is trying to preempt Apple with their new "connected" TV.

An example of Lose the battle AND lose the war.

Samsung's reputation doesn't mean much to itself. They are making money, and that's all that really count to them right now. They will milk Apple for as long and as much as they can.

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Originally Posted by Mightymike

I don't see how Samsung comes out a winner in all this. They spend hundreds of millions, are losing the legal battle, get labeled a company that copies Apple's designs and will undoubtably lose sales when some people (like me) steer clear of anything that has Samsung written on it. Samsung could have settled with Apple in 2010, instead they damage their good brand name by copying Apple's designs and end up winning nothing. They are sure to lose Apple as a client as soon as Apple can do without 'em.

It's pathetic how Samsung is trying to preempt Apple with their new "connected" TV.

An example of Lose the battle AND lose the war.

For those who don't know what this is about, Samsung last fall asked the Australian court to order Apple to turn its iPhone 4S source code over to Samsung so it could be examined for evidence of patent infringement. As would be expected Apple strongly opposed giving it's software code to any competitor, but the the court sided with Samsung. That result wasn't considered a huge surprise.
http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/11/2...ringement-case

Qualcomm (who themselves demand 3.25% standards patent royalties based on the price of a finished device) has come out to support Apple as they have recently in other patent cases, giving Apple source code that might show they don't violate Samsung's IP.

I'm guessing that Qualcomm and Apple have made a strategic alliance based on other recent events. Or it could be as simple as Apple telling Qualcomm "Fine, we'll give you your damn 3.25% royalty, around $20 an iPhone, but this is what you're gonna do for us".