20 Truths behind Apple-Samsung Rivalry
18. Patent Numbers
The patents in issue are patents 677 and 087, which cover iPhone designs; patent 889, which covers the design of the iPad; and patent 305, which covers the iPhone graphical user interface. The utility patents include Patent 381, which covers the ‘bounce-back’ functionality that users see when they move past the end of a photo or list; patent 163, which covers the tap-to-zoom feature; and 915, which covers scrolling versus gesture motions.
17. Samsung’s turn
Just after 2 months in June 2011, Samsung countersued Apple saying that Apple infringes on several of its patents regarding wireless communications technology and camera phones. “Apple seeks to stifle legitimate competition and limit consumer choice to maintain its historically exorbitant profits. Apple, which sold its first iPhone nearly 20 years after Samsung started developing mobile phone technology, could not have sold a single iPhone without the benefit of Samsung’s patented technology.”
