What do you do after you’ve been dealt a very cruel hand by fate (and the legal system), and you’ve apparently been proven as an intellectual thief? Do you retreat, accept your defeat and move on or do you defend yourself and try to counterattack using the enemy’s favorable weapons?
That was Samsung’s dilemma back in August, after it was found guilty of infringing a number of Apple patents, but the decision was easy – strong defense and then deadly counterattack.
We haven’t heard much lately about the status of Samsung’s defense (aka appeal) in the California trial, but we’re getting more and more info about the counterattack. After seeing the iPhone 5 included to the list of allegedly infringing Apple products last week, we’re now hearing about other new devices added to the list.
Those are the new fourth-generation iPad, the latest iPod Touch and the iPad mini, so basically Apple now has to defend on its entire 2012 product line-up. While none of the three devices have been technically added to the lawsuit just yet, that seems to only be a formality, at least for the two iPads.
“Given the early stage of this litigation and the reasoning of this order, the court notes that Apple should think twice before opposing similar amendments reflecting other newly-released products – e.g. the iPad 4 and iPad mini – that Samsung may propose in the near future.” said U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal a while back, basically ensuring that he’ll allow the two gadgets in the trial.
As for the iPod, things are a little more complicated, but even if Samsung will be denied this particular motion, the media player doesn’t seem to be that important for Sammy’s plans. The iPhone 5, iPad 4 and iPad mini on the other hand are definitely raising this trial’s stakes at an unprecedented level, though there’s still a long way until Apple has to start worrying.
That’s because this lawsuit, which remember is different from the one won by Apple back in August, is only scheduled to go on trial in March 2014. We also have to note that Cupertino has its aces up its sleeves in this case too, being recently granted permission to attack Jelly Bean as well as a number of Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Nexus. Like it or not, war must go on!
SOURCES The Verge FOSS Patents
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