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Counterpoint: I'm sure consumers will totally notice that Samsung is $100M lower in profits next quarter. It's not like they're going to stop making Android ph

Counterpoint: I'm sure consumers will totally notice that Samsung is $100M lower in profits next quarter. It's not like they're going to stop making Android phones over this. Not saying I like what happened, but "won't someone think of the consumers" doesn't really work here.

nolok 12y ago
You're a little disingenuous, the consumers won't notice the lowered Samsung profits but they sure as hell will notice if Samsung has to stop offering an "universal search" feature because apparently that's not obvious enough to avoid being patentable.
- jamesaguilar 12y ago
  I don't see anything to suggest this feature will be removed. I read three articles to try to find some information about it, and even searched on the specific term "universal search" with Apple and Samsung in the search. I can see that one of the patents was about that, but I cannot see that it is either going to be removed, or that it was one of the ones damages were awarded over. Do you have some evidence to that effect? Anyway, I was certainly not being disingenuous, as you accused me. If what you said is a feature of this event, it is hard to discover, and it was my good faith belief that consumers would see no effect.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    Now you are being disingenuous. The snark in your original comment is clearly visible, yet you claim good faith.
    - jamesaguilar 12y ago
      Snarkiness and good faith are exclusive? TIL. To me, good faith means honesty and fair dealing. It doesn't have anything to do with the rhetorical devices you use to make your points. Seems like the wikis agree with me, at least at first glance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_faith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_faith. I was sincere and honest in what I initially said, whether I said it with a tone you approve of or not.

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Counterpoint: I'm sure consumers will totally notice that Samsung is $100M lower in profits next quarter. It's not like they're going to stop making Android ph

by jamesaguilar 12y ago

nolok 12y ago
You're a little disingenuous, the consumers won't notice the lowered Samsung profits but they sure as hell will notice if Samsung has to stop offering an "universal search" feature because apparently that's not obvious enough to avoid being patentable.
- jamesaguilar 12y ago
  I don't see anything to suggest this feature will be removed. I read three articles to try to find some information about it, and even searched on the specific term "universal search" with Apple and Samsung in the search. I can see that one of the patents was about that, but I cannot see that it is either going to be removed, or that it was one of the ones damages were awarded over. Do you have some evidence to that effect? Anyway, I was certainly not being disingenuous, as you accused me. If what you said is a feature of this event, it is hard to discover, and it was my good faith belief that consumers would see no effect.
  - nitrogen 12y ago
    Now you are being disingenuous. The snark in your original comment is clearly visible, yet you claim good faith.
    - jamesaguilar 12y ago
      Snarkiness and good faith are exclusive? TIL. To me, good faith means honesty and fair dealing. It doesn't have anything to do with the rhetorical devices you use to make your points. Seems like the wikis agree with me, at least at first glance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_faith http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_faith. I was sincere and honest in what I initially said, whether I said it with a tone you approve of or not.