The Samsung-Apple rivalry has once again intensified with Samsung’s latest release of its new smart phone, the Galaxy S3. With its latest Android Operating System, 8 megapixel camera, and faster and more powerful processor than its previous model, the new Galaxy S3 has attracted many customers in the international markets.
On June 5, however, Apple filed a lawsuit in a California court against Samsung for their new smart phone, claiming that the Galaxy S3 infringes upon two of Apple’s patents, according to the court filing published by FOSS Patents, publisher of software patent news. This makes the number of lawsuits between these two companies well over 30, in more than 10 different markets across the globe.
The patents that came into question were U.S. Patent No. ‘604 and No. ‘647. The former addresses the Galaxy S3’s new unified search function, which Apple lawyers claim most closely emulates iPhone’s Siri. The latter deals with “data tapping,” a useful function that allows users to trigger a specific action simply by tapping data.
“The Galaxy S3 will … irreparably harm Apple for the same reasons as the Galaxy Nexus, but on a much greater scale,” said Mark Lyon, Apple’s lawyer. Apple furthered their demands, on June 7, by urging the court to ban Samsung Galaxy S3 sales in all U.S. territories.
In response to the lawsuit, a Samsung spokesperson said in a press-statement that “Samsung believes Apple’s request is without merit. We will vigorously oppose the request and demonstrate to the court that the Galaxy S III is innovative and distinctive.” He continued to state that Samsung will proceed with their projected U.S. sales-plan accordingly.
While the two companies are ardently fighting in court, customers, like Kristen Viray, are simply eagerly waiting for the newest smart phone. “Frankly, I think that these series of lawsuits going back and forth, which many say is ridiculous, are perfectly reasonable,” said Kristen Viray, a one-time owner of the iPhone and currently a Samsung Galaxy user. “These lawsuits encourage and motivate companies like Apple and Samsung to develop innovative ideas. Companies will think of new designs, receive a patent, and drive the rival company to think of their own unique feature. ”
With Samsung’s plan to release the Galaxy S3 in the U.S. on June 21 followed by Apple’s plan to release iPhone 5 later this year, it will be exciting to see how smart phone users will react to these ingenious devices.
first of all- this was really well written! i thought there was a good flow and it was easy to read.
just a few things:
-the first paragraph should have the nut of the story and should reflect the headline (for news, anyway). here the most important thing should be the lawsuit, so it’d be nice for the first two paragraphs to be somehow switched/merged.
-quote format: the thing that goes “________,” said blah blah, blah. “__________.” need a quote that’s at least two sentences/parts (even if the first is really short), and the quote should be its own separate paragraph.
-sources: mention their age or occupation (or both).
-opinion: avoid inserting own opinion into articles, e.g. “exciting,” “ingenious”
-emphasis on why this piece of news is important (sorta had it in the last paragraph, but could have more)
other than that awesomesauce!