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| Authored by: Ian Al on Monday, August 06 2012 @ 10:20 AM EDT |
I note that the international trade agreements do not include forcing a
manufacturer to sell one of its components to another company. For instance, is
there a law, even in the US, that forces a company with a trade secret to make
that trade secret available to a competitor? Pass the Coke, please.
Samsung might be contracted to sell a certain number of Retina displays to Apple
at the moment, but I'm sure when the contract ends or Apple want the latest and
greatest components in their iThing, they will have to go elsewhere.
Even if that component happens to have round corners.
I'm sure even Judge Koh will have a problem forcing a South Korean company to
supply their state of the art components to any US company in general and to
Apple in particular.
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Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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- Hmmm - Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 06 2012 @ 11:30 AM EDT
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| Authored by: PJ on Monday, August 06 2012 @ 12:33 PM EDT |
Just a minor point, but Samsung does have a US
presence too, as you can see in the header of
all the filings.
In New York, they're pretty active not just as
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| Authored by: symbolset on Monday, August 06 2012 @ 09:58 PM EDT |
Multinational conglomerates have no nationality. That includes Apple and
Samsung. The only exception is nationally owned ones. Most of the work Apple
generates occurs in China, and due to the vagaries of international finance
their profits wind up overseas too.
Samsung employs people in the US too, and
they generate US jobs in the form of the million or so who make a good living
shifting their ware.
Not to tar either one, but it's become harder to "buy
local" when things come to be made in the place with the optimal efficiencies. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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