IP Issues between Apple and Samsung
Discussion Board Post
Please research the long history of IP issues between Apple and Samsung. Then write a short 3-4 paragraph analysis considering:
What is the background of the case. What is Apple claiming?
What did the courts decide?
Samsung is a supplier to Apple. Do you think Apple’s pursuit of this case is a good one, or is it short-sighted?
Samsung embraces the Android operating system, a more open platform. Apple controls iOS. Which do you think is a more viable strategy long-term?
Answer preview
Following the production of iPhone devices, Apple filed a series of design patents. This contributed to the company’s intellectual property (IP), including trade dress and trademarks. In the year 2011, Apple selected some of its IP, which was thought to be infringed and sued its component supplier Samsung for IP infringement in some of its android devices (Kastrenakes, 2018). In the case, Apple was claiming for trade dress infringement,..
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