In the end, blood calls for blood, and if Apple has been besieging its competition for years on account of the use of patents registered by the North American, it is not surprising that now there is a spite that is thrown, in all its maximum and furious expression, against the multimillion dollar apple.
In the days prior to the presentation of the iPhone 5, rumors assumed that Apple's latest phone would be compatible with LTE technology, a standard that improves the browsing experience on mobile networks by channeling more information. Ultimately it means more speed. Given this, Samsung warned: if only one of the systems that integrates the new Cupertino mobile infringes any of the many patents that the Asian company owns, they will fall with all their weight on Apple. And so it has been.
According to Samsung, the iPhone 5 infringes up to eight patents owned by the South Korean multinational, and now the plan is to crush the distribution of the iPhone 5, which began today in several international markets. Next week, specifically, on September 28, will take place the second wave of launches of the device, and by then, Samsung intends to have the form of the demand on track, whose request will demand that the sale of this and other terminals be prohibited of Apple in the United States.
If the same doctrine is applied that, in fact, has resulted in a negative balance in Samsung's position in that country "" after it was ruled that the company would have plagiarized designs and functions of the iPhone and iPad "", those of Cupertino can become severely choked on his own medicine.
To make matters worse, the crossfire that promises to intensify in the coming months will bring new players into the trenches. In fact, in order to limit to the maximum competition, Apple will also attack in the future, and through the courts, to Google. It will do so due to the alleged presence of functions in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean that come, according to the company from the block, from ideas coming from the Cupertino offices. In the event that the complaint has consequences to the detriment of those of Mountain View, it would no longer be a manufacturer who saw how the co-pilot steps on the brake, but the totality of those who work with what is today the most recent ecosystemAndroid.
With this, one more chapter is noted in the grotesque soap opera that has generated an important debate in the field of mobile technology, where there is room for questioning about the usefulness of patents, which were initially convinced to protect and encourage the use of patents. creativity, but which is ending up slowing it down in terms of competition in cases where many of these records end up concentrated in just a handful of hands. Thus, the question ends up shifting to its simplest terms: should it be possible to register the rectangular shape of a piece of equipment or a connection system that, on the other hand, is essential for a mobile phone to be able to function in next-generation networks?
