Well, on sheer numbers Samsung is already in the lead.
Besides, by the twisted patent logic, Samsung might have a case to block Apple from doing LTE since it held patents long before Apple bought its 4G IP via Nortel.
As it stands, Apple can charge a minor premium on devices made in the same factory as every other vendor by keeping ahead on software and integration with the cloud. Seems like they might as well follow that route rather than getting mired in this mostly-fruitless legal battle.
I think the judge should ban copycat products. As Samsung has shown with its most recent generations of phones and tablets, you can still create compelling products and take advantage of the things that Apple isn't doing well -- device to device sharing via Wi-Fi Direct, NFC and info tags, mobile payments -- and take the lead.
This in my opinion was ridiculous mistake done by Samsung. For the other products, Apple does not have too much basis to complain. The Galaxy line has evolved in many different form factors and now is a completelly different beast from the iPhone, which became incredibly stale since the iPhone 3GS.
Other than that, Dan Jones is right. Actually, Samsung manufacters many of the components of the iPhone, for example the iPhone 4 CPU.
Which Samsung product you talking about there's a lot more than 1 in this case...
Also, wait, both the iPhone and the Samsung products are manufactured in China, probably at the same Foxcon factory, doesn't that make them both "cheap" and "foreign" as per your words? Although neither is actually cheap as I recall.
Did the judge even look at the two products. The Samsung looks "identical" to the iPhone in just about every respect. Same icons, layout, even the docking tray at the bottom.
So it's okay for offshore knock-offs to infringe on U.S. innovation? And this is good for consumers why? So they get a cheap knock-off. But what about companies that spend billions in innovation just to have it ripped off by these bandits? That just hurts our economy, and that isn't good for anybody.
America's greatest strengths in the world economy is our innovation and our consumer market. Not cheap labor at 10 cents a week. We either protect our most valuable natural resources, or be prepared to start working for 10 cents a week.
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