 GooberPremium
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Re: Apple v Samsung verdict in-coming Yes, you say it all the time. The point is that companies rise and fall. I don't think you learned much in your 50 years.
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said by Thaler:+1 proof that juries are retarded. A jury of your peers means "people who couldn't figure out how to get out of jury duty".
Hopefully this gets overturned in appeals. Patenting rectangles with rounded corners is just silly.
Makes me wonder if brick manufacturers can sue Apple for copying the rectangle design in the first place.
When I was a young associate almost 17 years ago, we did a mock jury trial with an actual very well known 7th Circuit Federal judge. We picked a jury but had video cameras in the room when they were deciding the verdict. I don't recall what the trial was anymore and I don't recall the outcome. But what I do recall are all the goofy ways in which the Jury came up with its decision. The arbitrariness was amazing.
In this case, the fact that the jury assigned damages for products that never infringed means that the jury is/was confused or don't quite get it.
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said by Goober:Yes, you say it all the time. The point is that companies rise and fall. I don't think you learned much in your 50 years.
When did I say that Apple would last forever ?
The first 35 years were rather difficult for me but the last 5 years seemed to be the most rewarding.
Gee, that only adds up to 40 years, where did that other 28 years go ?
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| Not Apple lasting forever. You go on and on about owning a couple of extra houses etc. I'm personally not impressed, but good for you.
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said by Coma:said by Thaler: A jury of your peers means "people who couldn't figure out how to get out of jury duty".
To Whom It May Concern: I am requesting exemption from Jury duty based on the fact that I have organic frontal lobe brain damage as a result of a gun shot wound to the head in 1964. That trumatic injury left me with the resulting personality disorders associated with a pre-frontal lobotomy. These personality disorders include reduced concentration and attention, bad judgement, impaired insight, disinhibition, loss of social graces and sexual indiscretions, among others. Documentation of organic frontal lobe brain damage is available upon request. That would make you the ideal plaintiff's juror in an East Texas IP trial.  |
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said by Coma:Gee, that only adds up to 40 years, where did that other 28 years go ?
Pot. |
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said by Goober:said by Thaler:+1 proof that juries are retarded. A jury of your peers means "people who couldn't figure out how to get out of jury duty".
Hopefully this gets overturned in appeals. Patenting rectangles with rounded corners is just silly.
Makes me wonder if brick manufacturers can sue Apple for copying the rectangle design in the first place.
When I was a young associate almost 17 years ago, we did a mock jury trial with an actual very well known 7th Circuit Federal judge. We picked a jury but had video cameras in the room when they were deciding the verdict. I don't recall what the trial was anymore and I don't recall the outcome. But what I do recall are all the goofy ways in which the Jury came up with its decision. The arbitrariness was amazing. In this case, the fact that the jury assigned damages for products that never infringed means that the jury is/was confused or don't quite get it. Well that and Judy Kohs actions has set up an easy appeal for Samsung. |
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kudos:5 | I agree. Koh was nuts in her handling of the case. Someone should ship her off to the Eastern District of Texas.
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Remember how many years that MS was so big and so "evil" in so many ways regarding their business practices and how they dominated the market.
At this point in time Apple has functionally become what MS was alleged to have been in its "prime." The only difference is Apple "looks different" and with things such as the iPhone exerts its control by dictating to its vendors for its products such as the iPhone.
Meanwhile MS continues to diminish overall or systemically and Apple continues as corporation to widen its lead and increase its dominance or control a variety of areas not to mention cash or worth. |
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It's a lot of dough, but just a drop in the bucket for Samsung.
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Pretty good revenue:
In FY 2009, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 220 trillion KRW ($172.5 billion). In FY 2010, Samsung reported consolidated revenues of 280 trillion KRW ($258 billion), and profits of 30 trillion KRW ($27.6 billion) (based upon a KRW-USD exchange rate of 1,084.5 KRW per USD, the spot rate as of 19 August 2011).[52] However it should be noted that these amounts do not include the revenues of all subsidiaries of the group which are based outside South Korea.[53] |
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NirvanaLand | reply to Thaler
said by Thaler:said by Coma:Gee, that only adds up to 40 years, where did that other 28 years go ?
Pot.
Brain damage
You take a bullet in the head and see what happens.
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Apple's at the top of its' game, so were Detroit automakers until the 1980s, now Michigan is a ghost town. No one buys American cars anymore, the only reason the foreign automakers build in the US is to avoid shipping cars and import duties and they build in non union states.
There are 937.41 Million shares outstanding at a price of 663.22 at the moment. No small investor can buy it at this point.
Cook should stock split and give them some breathing room, since investors will come to expect consistently high stock pricing for Apple. The minute revenue declines everyone is out the door.
The product mix is what worries me, over 40% of revenue is from the iPhone, that's a dangerous thing. If they screw up a product launch and destroy the iPhone in the market, the stock will drop, since the Halo effect of Steve Jobs is long gone now.
I should have invested in 2001, I would have made a decent amount of money, but I was only 19 . I did however buy stock in a former employer through an ESPP.
Apple had its' time to shine, and that is coming to a close at this point.
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said by Maggs:Apple had its' time to shine, and that is coming to a close at this point. What goes UP must come DOWN .... in Apple's case I think there is much more upside to come.
However I would keep an eye on short interest.
Learn about short interest --- when the big boys start shorting Apple in earnest the price will collapse.
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said by Blogger :Remember how many years that MS was so big and so "evil" in so many ways regarding their business practices and how they dominated the market.
Meanwhile MS continues to diminish overall or systemically and Apple continues as corporation to widen its lead and increase its dominance or control a variety of areas not to mention cash or worth.
windows 8 and server 2012 are going to be a disaster in the corporate market.
OEM's are already harping about MS getting into the hardware market to compete against them.
2013 is going to be interesting for Microsoft.
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Well, unlike all the fictitious lawsuits from certain holding companies against RIM, at least Apple had something physical to show against Samsung.
Only issue I have, though, is that I did work on a tablet device (Fujitsu) a long time again, 2005 or so, that with the exception of its thickness and lack of a shiny back-skin, looked a lot like an iPad...or..the iPad looked a lot like the Fujitsu.
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GooberPremium
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| Which is why when I hear people call Apple a patent troll, it makes no sense to me. I don't like Apple or their business practices, but they aren't a troll.
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