apple's claims for violation of patents starts when Google introduced the android
operating system because it has very much close similarities to the apple's revolutionary OS that introduced
in 2007 that is ios but the patent wars heated up when Samsung introduced galaxy smartphones
galaxy s and iPhone 4s
due to the increasing popularity of galaxy phones particularly galaxy s and galaxy s2 first in the series
is galaxy s which sold almost 30 million up to date with increasing popularity of galaxy phones apple
becomes restless and varies cases are files against different parts of the world but the real battle starts when
Samsung introduced galaxy s2 suddenly it gains popularity with record breaking sales for Samsung
but it has close similarities to apple's iPhone 4s this made apple to fight against the blatant copying because
from only the difference in screen size and home button we can spot any difference between iPhone 4s and s2
S2 vs 4S
apple cant tolerate this so various patent infringement cases are filed against different parts of the
world against Samsung . Samsung also counter suit apple against copying its 3G networking standards,email
transmission methodology, switching between photo and gallery modes and background music playback
functionality.
apples claims got positive response when Samsung released another
product galaxy tab which also looks like blatant copy of apples ipad tablet.apple filed cases against copying
of ipad also in this they won in some countries like in Australia,united states
iPad vs galaxy tab
but this only the beginnig both companies filed cases against each other
in different countries across the globe. but with increasing popularity of galaxy S2 apple becomes relentless
to ban these products because they saying that their innovations are copied by Samsung. because in the
reviews S2 gets better reviews than 4S.
as a result of apples continuous fight united states court rewarded apple with
$1 billion Samsung fine. this is a major set back to Samsung and they get embarrassed in the world for
copying.but this is not over Samsung says they will go for appeal
latest news is that apple wants to ban 8 products of Samsung in united states
- Galaxy S2 4G
- Galaxy S2 (AT&T variant)
- Galaxy S2 Skyrocket
- Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile variant)
- Galaxy S2 Epic 4G (Sprint variant)
- Galaxy S Showcase
- Droid Charge
- Galaxy Prevail





























