In 2007, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, the high-spirited Joe Gang, passionate about changing the legend of Apple's work - the iPhone's first generation. .
Unlike other mobile phones on the market, it discards those cumbersome digital buttons and completes most of the interactions with the phone with just your fingers.
And the smooth iPhone OS (predecessor iOS) system gives people a whole new experience.
In the new year, Qiao Bangzhu brought us iPhone 3G with more perfect functions and experience. The enthusiastic fans were lining up and purchasing all the time. .
Apple's share has opened the era of rapid growth.
However, we all know that Apple's operating system is closed, and only authorized for Apple's mobile phone.
The next time Google took a chance. In 2008, Google opened up a Linux-based mobile operating system Android. Different mobile phone manufacturers can customize their own systems according to their needs. .
The tenth anniversary of the birth of the Android system
HTC, LG, Samsung and other mobile phone manufacturers are eyeing the opportunity to force the smart machine market.
In 2010, Samsung took advantage of Dongfeng and tripled its mobile phone share. .
The secret is - Samsung released the first generation of high-end models: Galaxy S !
By 2011, the share of Samsung's mobile phones has been even with Apple! Each accounted for 19% of the world's sales, and until 2012, Samsung directly divided up one-third of the world's mobile phone share. .
After Samsung had eaten up a large share of mobile phones, it also launched hotly the Galaxy Tab, the Sword Tablet market.
However, when Apple looked at Samsung's mobile phones and tablets, the air almost passed. .
Whether it is from the appearance or function of interaction, this is unknown to copy the iPhone and iPad. .
So Apple gave Samsung a patent grant invitation, which costs 30 dollars for each phone and 40 dollars for each tablet, but didn't expect that Samsung wouldn’t bird apple at all.
In April 2011, Apple sued Samsung for a paper petition, three utility model patents, and four design patents, requiring Samsung to compensate US$2.75 billion.
At that time, it was estimated that the two sides did not know that a long-running battle was about to begin. .
In this lawsuit, Apple sued Samsung for infringing utility patents such as: screen navigation, scrolling bottom rebound, multi-touch, mobile phone and iPad rounded appearance, Home button, App icon fillet, and so on.
Samsung is not a vegetarian, and turned in the same court to counter Apple’s infringement of five of its 3G wireless network technology standard patents and requested US$421 million in compensation.
Light is not legal in the United States. As long as it has applied for a patent in a different country, it can be protected in the corresponding place.
Therefore, the war between the two giants quickly burned all over the world and evolved into a patent competition equipment race.
South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, and the United Kingdom. . .
In the world, the two parties have won each other, but what everyone cares about most is the result of the United States.
Because Apple and Samsung did not settle out of court, the American jury system was introduced.
On August 24, 2012, after reviewing more than one hundred pages of material, the jurors believed that Samsung infringed on several Apple patents and would reduce the influence of Apple’s mobile phones. Apple did not infringe any of Samsung’s patents and Samsung had to pay for apples 10.49. One hundred million U.S. dollars.
There is evidence that the Samsung Real Hammer deliberately copied Apple. It is a Google and Samsung communication.
In that letter, when Google authorized Samsung's Android system , it clearly stated that Samsung's mobile phone and Apple's design were too close and needed to be changed , but Samsung did not make any changes here.
Early Samsung System
This is the evidence that allows the court to quickly make a verdict.
However, although Samsung admitted to infringing on Apple’s patent, it felt that it was paying too much. This amount of money was equivalent to all the profits to Apple. It was unfair to other mobile innovations and efforts, so Samsung strongly Appeal.
The United States thinks of this side and thinks what Samsung said is also quite reasonable.
Then the court decided to re-examine the compensation. Samsung only had to pay Apple 290 million US dollars.
Samsung has not been happy for a long time. In December 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States gave another 3.99%.
Obviously, both Samsung and Apple are not satisfied with this number, and the Supreme Court of the United States once again reviewed the case. .
On May 24, 2018, the Supreme Court jury convicted Samsung of compensating Apple for US$539 million. In addition to the 399 million that Samsung had previously paid, it will give Apple another US$140 million.
As a result, after seven years of trials and just one month after the trial, Apple and Samsung actually reached a settlement outside the court! However, the terms of the settlement have not been announced. .
Bad reviewer estimates that the urine of the two companies must have reached agreements such as patent swaps or product authorizations. .
For seven years, numerous fruit powders and star powders have looked at this case to call and change, changed and changed, it is funny and helpless ~
However, the most silent estimate now is those judges and jurors. .
No way, how the law is judged, the final choice of large companies or interests.