Apple Worked A Broken Patent System
8/30/2012Apple used a dysfunctional U.S. patent system to gain excessive control over technologies it did not invent. If you value innovation, don't cheer Samsung's punishment.
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Charles Babcock is an editor-at-large for InformationWeek and author of Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution, a McGraw-Hill book. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digital News, former software editor of Computerworld and former technology editor of Interactive Week. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism. He joined the publication in 2003.
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Apple used a dysfunctional U.S. patent system to gain excessive control over technologies it did not invent. If you value innovation, don't cheer Samsung's punishment.
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VMware Shows More Of BYOD, Virtual Desktop Tools
8/28/2012At VMworld, VMware CTO Steve Herrod shares more details on upcoming Horizon tools that extend desktop virtualization to Android, iOS devices. VMware has talked up that idea before, but the suite's beta version won't be ready until late 2012.
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VMware Focuses On Private Cloud, Dumps Unpopular Pricing
8/27/2012On day one of VMworld, VMware launches vCloud Suite for managing private cloud environments, backs OpenStack, and ditches vRAM-based pricing.
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Apple Wins $1.05 Billion In Samsung Patent Case
8/24/2012Rather than risk a loss similar to Samsung's, rival smartphone makers will now likely give the Apple iPhone design a wide berth, legal experts say.
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Apple, Samsung Expert Witnesses Reap Big Bucks
8/23/2012How pretty was the pay day? Apple gave one expert witness $1.75 million to construct a damages figure in the case against Samsung.
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Apple Closes, Urging Big Damages For Samsung
8/22/2012Sending patent case to the jury, Apple says Samsung willfully copied iPhone and iPad, and Samsung says Apple fears competition.
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Samsung Gets In Last Word Against Apple
8/20/2012Despite Apple's expert witness barrage and time constraints, Samsung's Tim Williams manages to breathe new life into its case.
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Apple, Samsung Battle Over Damages In Patent Trial
8/17/2012Apple wants billions of dollars, but Samsung said any damage award should be much less as trial enters its closing days.
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Samsung Attacks 'Unique' Features Of Apple iPhone, iPad
8/16/2012In patent case testimony, Samsung expert witness says iPhone's snap back feature was used in other tech products long before Apple implemented it.
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Samsung Designer Defends Copycat Icons In Apple Case
8/15/2012Samsung designer says she picked phone, clock, and camera icons because they worked, not because they looked like Apple's iPhone icons.
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Samsung Hammers Apple's Damage Claims
8/14/2012Samsung attorneys question Apple's calculations; cite evidence of prior touchscreen devices that may have influenced iPhone, iPad designs.
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Samsung Prospects Dim Vs. Apple: What Next, Android Designers?
8/11/2012"The handwriting is on the wall" that Samsung will probably lose the Apple patent infringement suit, design patent expert Christopher Carani says.
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Apple Design Expert 'Confused' Samsung For iPhone
8/8/2012Susan Kare, an original Mac icon designer, testifies Samsung menus are "substantially" similar to the iPhone's, to the point that she mixed up the smartphones.
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Samsung Challenges Key Apple Witness' Expertise
8/7/2012Samsung attorney probes industrial design expert Peter Bressler's qualifications to judge whether Samsung phones infringe Apple's patents.
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Apple Execs: Samsung 'Ripped Off' iPhone
8/6/2012Samsung aims punches at Apple in patent infringement trial, but finds it hard to land a blow.
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Samsung Fights Apple Suit With Counterclaims
8/3/2012While Apple's charges that Samsung copied the iPhone grab most of the headlines, Samsung levels its own charges: Apple infringed on its patents.
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Apple Says Samsung Tried To Corrupt Jury
8/2/2012Apple attorney claims release of excluded evidence by Samsung constitutes breach that must be sanctioned; seeks ruling on validity of patents.
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Apple-Samsung Judge 'Livid' Over Document Disclosure
8/1/2012After judge refused to admit slides as evidence, Samsung attorney releases them to reporters in effort to show Apple borrowed iPhone concepts from Sony.
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Apple: Samsung Copied iPhone, iPad
8/1/2012Samsung denies charges as day two of infringement trial sees opening statements and first Apple witness.
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