Archive for August, 2011
Samsung cites ’2001: A Space Odyssey’ as prior art in Apple patent battle
by Ben on Aug.24, 2011, under General
Korean manufacturer Samsung is pulling out all of the stops to oppose Apple’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which would halt all sales of the the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and various smartphones in North America.
One element of the firm’s defense strategy that piqued the interest of software patent blog FOSS Patents is Samsung’s claim that it has found prior art that would invalidate Apple’s design-related patents of the iPad — in science fiction