"I'll destroy Android because it's stolen. I am willing to declare a thermonuclear war for that, "Steve Jobs said, and it appears that three years after his death, Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), attempts once again to realize his last wish. The second big trial she wants Samsung sitting again in the dock begins a few miles from Apple's headquarters in San Jose, California.
Unsatisfied with the South Korean manufacturer's defeat and $930 million in damages in the first major lawsuit, Jobs' company is seeking five times the royalties per device for using what it claims is technologyς που αφορά σε λογισμικό των smartphone της Samsung. Η υπόθεση έχει φανερά προεκτάσεις στην Google και το Android, αφού οι τέσσερις από τις πέντε επίμαχες λειτουργίες αποτελούν χαρακτηριστικά όλων των smartphone με το λειτουργικό της:
- Tap from search: η δυνατότητα κλήσης από το αποτέλεσμα αναζήτησης τηλεφωνικού αριθμού και η δυνατότητα προβολής addressς σε χάρτη μετά από αναζήτηση
- Universal Search: search the content of the device and the Internet
- Sync in the background: updating data from email accounts, calendars, and contacts
- Predictive text: η mode predicting the word the user is trying to type
- Slide to Unlock: unlocking the phone screen by dragging the finger sideways on the touch screen (this technology is not part of Android)
Apple's lawsuit concerns five technologies λογισμικού σε smartphone/tablet της Samsung και συγκεκριμένα στα μοντέλα Admire, Galaxy Nexus (αναπτύχθηκε σε συνεργασία με την Google ως πρότυπο λειτουργίας της νέας έκδοσης του Android), Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy SII Skyrocket, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Tab II 10.1, και Stratosphere. Η Apple αξιώνει αποζημίωση 40 δολαρίων ανά συσκευή που πουλήθηκε στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Υπολογίζεται ότι το ποσό μπορεί να φτάνει τα 2 δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια (για 50 εκατομμύρια συσκευές).
Samsung responds by returning the charges of copying, claiming that Apple has copied its own proprietary patents for photo organization and faster data transmission on wireless networks (which could affect FaceTime), technologies that it acquired after the acquisition their inventors (for organizing photos and envelopes from Hitachi).
The second big Apple lawsuit against Samsung begins with the jury selection on Monday 31 March 2014 in San Jose court. One of the defense witnesses is the head of Android engineers at Google, Hiroshi Lockheimer. See the video that jury members see to understand what "patent" means, despite Samsung's reactions.
The War on Android
Josh's biography of Isaacon sheds light on the events that have knocked down the relationship between Eric and his longtime friend, former Apple board member and then Google's chief executive, when Apple and Google started competing in the arena of smartphones. Ozbo said he was "big theft" when Google unveiled Android on 2010's HTC phones.
"Until I leave my last breath, I'll even spend the last dime of 40 billion dollars if I need to fix this mistake," said Gobbs. "I'll destroy Android because it's stolen. I am prepared to declare a thermonuclear war for that. "
Litigation between Apple and Samsung on three continents is considered to be an attack on Android, the most widely used Google smartphone.
One of Samsung's most important consequences in this case would be to lead Google to changes in Android by withdrawing the technologies in question.
