In a joint filing late Monday, the two companies blamed each other for the failure of the talks initiated on May 5 by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, San Jose Division.
Good. Sue those copying scumbags into the ground.
Part of Samsung’s business model is to rely on the low settlements they get from juries because by the time a case goes before a jury, the original products that they copied have become old enough that the average person looks at them as just another part of a generic market. Apple actually knows the dollar value of what was stolen. Apple knows how much Samsung saved because they didn’t have to hire designers and inventors. A jury is a much better target for Samsung to baffle with BS or blind with science.
Not to mention that by the time all the appeals are finished, the hardware/software is no longer in the sales channel, and the money is a drop in the bucket after the lawyers are paid.
It’s always been about preventing FUTURE infringement. But when there are no real repercussions, there’s little reason for Samsung to care.