Well I guess that let's the blind Samsung supporters see that Apple has tried but Samsung
Wants to steal with no penalty.

I doubt Apple cares. 

Korean company Samescum thinking... ah-so, HTC licence Apple patents, so now we copy Taiwanese company HTC... therefore no problem from Apple!
 

My guess would be Apple may have calculated this type of response from Samsung hence the HTC settlement since HTC is not longer a threat. It just helps Apple out on court side.

Jong Kyun has sacrificed the 4 billion dollar gravy train that Apple has given them for what sounds like a Samsung chest thumping initiative. That's almost 9% of their total annual revenue. Multiple courts have already ruled in Apple's favor regarding intellectual property piracy and are paying damages. Let's see what the Samsung shareholders think of his action when Apple moves their entire 200 million unit, and growing, chip order to TSMC in 2014. Let's just say that Samsung doesn't need to worry about that plant expansion, and I'd be looking for the CEO's head on a stick.

Famous last words.

Samsung thinks with US courts/ITC that are slower than molasses, and EU/UK courts that are Samsung friendly, that it is cheaper to pay 'parking ticket fines' if/when they get caught. Sadly they are mostly right. Samsung has a shady reputation that goes well beyond copying Apple (interesting read at http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/3028/samsung-power-corruption-and-lies/).

At least HTC tries to be innovative, that new phone they announced yesterday, at 440ppi...almost unbelievable. Best part of watching a few of the reviews...Within the first few seconds "this doesn't feel like that cheap Samsung plastic." Ha. How do they sell so many of those things? Their day of reckoning is coming soon hopefully. 

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Originally Posted by cmvsm 

Jong Kyun has sacrificed the 4 billion dollar gravy train that Apple has given them for what sounds like a Samsung chest thumping initiative. That's almost 9% of their total annual revenue. Multiple courts have already ruled in Apple's favor regarding intellectual property piracy and are paying damages. Let's see what the Samsung shareholders think of his action when Apple moves their entire 200 million unit, and growing, chip order to TSMC in 2014. Let's just say that Samsung doesn't need to worry about that plant expansion, and I'd be looking for the CEO's head on a stick.

Actually, the only place Apple won in the world is in the US. They are losing everywhere else. And Samsung no longer needs Apple on its supply chain, its selling more phones than Apple with very good margins.   Its in fact in there best interest to cause them trouble on there supply chain.

Apple should have move aways from Samsung when it started sueing them.  Pretty stupid from Apple imo.