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Ban Samsung Products from the USA
The high tech patent wars have taken an interesting turn. A patent infringement suit by Apple against Samsung could, in the end, ban Samsung products from the USA, at least the IPad and IPhone lookalikes that the company makes. The issue of patents for hand held devices led to the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility, for its patents. As companies develop new, faster, smarter technologies for hand held devices they still need the basic building blocks of computer code and other technologies to make their products work. When a company discovers that a competitor has developed a product similar to their own the company often finds it easier to sue their competitor than to out-compete them in the market place. Of course in the suit that might ban Samsung products from the USA Apple will contend that Samsung found it easier to copy Apple technology than to develop their own. Another issue in these patent wars is that an overly broad patent may deny an entire market to all competitors and in itself be found to be anticompetitive.
Will Apple Succeed in Its Attempt to Ban Samsun Products from the USA?
A recent news item is instructive. In pretrial proceedings Apple asked that Samsung preserve all emails pertinent to this issue. It turns out that Samsung went ahead and deleted them. The legal issue apparently was if the jury was to be told that it could draw its own conclusions from that fact. The court has apparently decided that the jury can draw its own conclusions, such as that Samsung had things to hide. In high tech cases it is often the jury’s perception of the honesty and integrity of one side versus the other that decides the case. It may well be that deleting pertinent emails may cause the jury to ban Samsung products from the USA. It is also germane that the civil trial is taking place on Apple’s home turf, San Jose, California where Silicon Valley folks may well choose their own over a foreign competitor. The trial also has wider implications as Apple may be using these proceedings in order to develop a strategy for patent cases across the world. While we wrote previously that one may wish to invest in Apple for the dividend, in the end the better choice for buying Apple may be its list of patents.
What Samsung Stands to Lose if They Ban Samsung Products from the USA
Last quarter Samsung reported a nearly $6 billion profit of which a substantial portion came from the Galaxy S phone. In the short term a loss in US courts could reduce income for Samsung and any jury award would be a minus. However, Samsung sells its products all over the world and it would take Apple years if not decades to pursue Samsung in every court that makes a difference. Long before then Samsung will have purchased companies with appropriate patents or redone its own technology in order to avoid any hint of infringement on Apple of any other high tech company.
2. The high tech patent wars have
taken an interesting turn.
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3. A patent infringement suit by
Apple against Samsung could, in
the end, ban Samsung products
from the USA, at least the IPad and
IPhone lookalikes that the
company makes.
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4. The issue of patents for hand held
devices led to the Google purchase
of Motorola Mobility, for its
patents.
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5. As companies develop new, faster,
smarter technologies for hand held
devices they still need the basic
building blocks of computer code
and other technologies to make
their products work.
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6. When a company discovers that a
competitor has developed a
product similar to their own the
company often finds it easier to sue
their competitor than to out-
compete them in the market place.
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7. Of course in the suit that might
ban Samsung products from the
USA Apple will contend that
Samsung found it easier to copy
Apple technology than to develop
their own.
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8. Another issue in these patent wars
is that an overly broad patent may
deny an entire market to all
competitors and in itself be found
to be anticompetitive.
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9. WILL APPLE SUCCEED IN ITS
ATTEMPT TO BAN SAMSUN
PRODUCTS FROM THE USA?
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10. A recent news item is instructive.
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11. In pretrial proceedings Apple asked
that Samsung preserve all emails
pertinent to this issue.
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12. It turns out that Samsung went
ahead and deleted them.
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13. The legal issue apparently was if
the jury was to be told that it could
draw its own conclusions from that
fact.
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14. The court has apparently decided
that the jury can draw its own
conclusions, such as that Samsung
had things to hide.
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15. In high tech cases it is often the
jury’s perception of the honesty
and integrity of one side versus the
other that decides the case.
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16. It may well be that deleting
pertinent emails may cause the
jury to ban Samsung products
from the USA.
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17. It is also germane that the civil trial
is taking place on Apple’s home
turf, San Jose, California where
Silicon Valley folks may well choose
their own over a foreign
competitor.
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18. The trial also has wider
implications as Apple may be using
these proceedings in order to
develop a strategy for patent cases
across the world.
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19. While we wrote previously that one
may wish to invest in Apple for the
dividend, in the end the better
choice for buying Apple may be its
list of patents.
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20. WHAT SAMSUNG STANDS TO
LOSE IF THEY BAN SAMSUNG
PRODUCTS FROM THE USA
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21. Last quarter Samsung reported a
nearly $6 billion profit of which a
substantial portion came from the
Galaxy S phone.
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22. In the short term a loss in US
courts could reduce income for
Samsung and any jury award
would be a minus.
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23. However, Samsung sells its
products all over the world and it
would take Apple years if not
decades to pursue Samsung in
every court that makes a difference.
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24. Long before then Samsung will
have purchased companies with
appropriate patents or redone its
own technology in order to avoid
any hint of infringement on Apple
of any other high tech company.
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26. Apple was trading at around $400 a
share a year ago and is trading at
around $600 a share now.
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27. Samsung is a Korean electronics
conglomerate that currently trades
around 1,200,000 Korean Won.
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28. It has ranged as high as 1,400,000
and as low as 600,000 in the last
year.
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29. Fundamental analysis tells us that
both companies are
large, prosperous, and unlikely to
be gravely damaged by an adverse
result in the upcoming trial even if
the jury decides to ban Samsung
products from the USA for the
short term.
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