Mikey Campbell
In the sixth day of the ongoing Apple v. Samsung patent trial, Teksler said he created a presentation outlining the patents Apple believed Samsung infringed upon with its smartphones, reports All Things D.
The presentation, which Teksler was quick to point out was made in Apple's Keynote, goes through a litany of U.S. patents held by Apple, including the infamous "rubber-banding" UI feature, e-mail threading and gesture heuristics. While the Korean company's implementation of the Android application stack appeared to take up much of the presentation, a few slides pointed out uncanny design and packaging similarities between the iPhone and Samsung's handsets.
“We didn’t understand how a trusted partner would build a copycat product like that,†Teksler said, pointing out the issue was serious enough that Jobs and Cook met with Samsung executives to discuss the matter.
According to his testimony, Teksler noted Apple held patents required for standards, core computing and those associated with what has become iOS. Apple is not interested in licensing the patents, Teksler said, because "it's what we don't wish to share and don't want others to mimic."
Source: Apple v. Samsung court documents
Apple highlights in the presentation's second slide that "Samsung is a key Apple partner," however the company's choice to use Google's Android platform "undermines Samsung's greater relationship with Apple." The iPhone maker has long been at odds with Android, with Jobs famously quoted in his biography as saying the mobile OS was a "stolen product" and that he was "willing to go thermonuclear war" against it.
The presentation pulls no punches when describing Android, saying that it "makes extensive use of Apple intellectual property…without Apple's permission" and is "designed to lead companies to imitate the iPhone product design and strategy."
It was also discovered on Friday that Apple had in fact offered to license some of its patents to Samsung in 2010 for royalties equaling $30 per phone and $40 per tablet, though it is unclear if the two companies even discussed the deal.
Apple v. Samsung picks up on Monday with more testimony from Teksler who will be followed by Samsung's first witness.
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lol sooo many of these articles!
[quote name="xRCx" url="/t/151881/apple-warned-samsung-of-possible-patent-infringement-in-2010-presentation#post_2166564"]lol sooo many of these articles! [/quote] I do agree with whomever stated that this could diminish some of the "magic" behind's Apple's products by pulling the curtain back on so many of these aspects we had to previously speculate about.
Holy Girdles, Batman!!!
First, you really need to go to the Apple Presentation and scroll through the pages... Before long you start to get the impression that with this piece of evidence Apple is moving beyond the "rectangle with rounded corners (where Samscum wants everyone to stay focused)....and beyond the copying of icons...and beyond the similarity of packaging and accessories.
In this presentation Apple is taking full aim at the underlying Android OS and saying HERE TOO be Dragons!!
Ladies and gents, Apple is saying that Samscum is infringing on Apple's IP by running Android on their devices! THIS is it!
If Apple can win this case, and they have a better than equal shot at winning, then Google/Android is DOOMED.
If this goes through the way Apple is hoping, they can kill Android dead and move on to sue all Android phone and tablet makers.
One iOS to rule them all!!
I LOVE it!!
[quote] I do agree with whomever stated that this could diminish some of the "magic" behind's Apple's products by pulling the curtain back on so many of these aspects we had to previously speculate about.[/quote] I don't think so, if anything it will bring even more excitement around Apple, because if people listen to the testamonys, they will see how passionate these people are about their products. People will want them even more.
[quote name="Radjin" url="/t/151881/apple-warned-samsung-of-possible-patent-infringement-in-2010-presentation#post_2166570"] I don't think so, if anything it will bring even more excitement around Apple, because if people listen to the testamonys, they will see how passionate these people are about their products. People will want them even more.[/quote] Nice counter-arugment. Kudos!