Source: Eastday [August 30, 2012, 11:36] After winning the support of the court, Apple is accelerating to expand its achievements. Recently, Apple submitted to a judge in the San Jose District of California a list of Samsung products that it hopes to ban from sale. The list involves 8 out of the 28 products that Samsung sells in the United States. This is Apple's 'heavy blow' again following its recent victory in the patent lawsuit against Samsung last Friday, demonstrating Apple's determination. This escalation of actions has also caused panic among many Android camp manufacturers, as they do not know whether Apple's patent hammer will swing at them next. Samsung severely 'under siege' After losing the case last Friday, Samsung quickly issued a statement saying it would appeal. Even so, Samsung has already suffered a major hit in the investment market. On Monday alone, Samsung's stock price on the Korea Stock Exchange dropped sharply by 7.5%, with nearly $12 billion evaporating from the market. Even so, Apple showed no intention of stopping. On Tuesday, Apple continued to submit a list of banned Samsung products sold in the U.S. to the San Jose court. The preliminary list included eight models, most of which are older Samsung models that have been on the market for over a year, but also included popular products such as the GALAXY SII and GALAXY Ace, and even the GALAXY TAB 10.1 tablet. It is understood that the San Jose court will hold a hearing in mid-September to decide whether to ban the listed products. However, industry experts analyze that even if a ban is issued, it will not have a significant impact on Samsung's market sales in the U.S., because most of the models Apple has listed are no longer Samsung's market mainstays, and the GALAXY SIII and GALAXY Note models that Samsung is currently promoting heavily are not on the banned list. Apple's follow-up actions are crucial Analysts from consulting firm Reational AB also told Southern Daily reporters that although Apple's application for a ban on Samsung in this instance will not cause significant short-term effects, the direction of the court's judgment remains very important. 'Because the fact that Samsung lost the case already proves that Apple has full rights to the patents involved in the lawsuit, and many of these patents are also used in other Android phones.'Therefore, if Apple were to be serious, it could completely move beyond the United States and not just target Samsung, but launch patent lawsuits against all Android manufacturers.
"Zhang Xing said.
In fact, even before Samsung, Apple had also launched patent attacks on HTC, which was rapidly rising in the U.S. market. As a result, HTC was also found guilty, and the infringing products were banned from sale in the U.S. market. Affected by this, HTC's performance in the U.S. market became increasingly weak, and starting from the second quarter of this year, it shifted its focus back to the Asian market. Regarding this, HTC Greater China President Ren Weiguang once told a Southern Daily reporter bluntly that patent fees are a huge cost in the process of developing overseas markets.
In fact, even Motorola, also an American company, has in recent years gone to court with Apple over patent issues. Fortunately, its patent portfolio accumulated over more than ten years allowed it to have victories and defeats in the patent battles with Apple. "This is also the key reason why Google was willing to spend $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility at a high price. As for some other emerging Android manufacturers, they may not be that lucky," Zhang Xing said.
(Southern Daily, Cheng Peng)
