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A Reuters story continues with news of the on-going litigation between Apple and Samsung:
Apple and Samsung return to federal court on Tuesday for opening statements in their latest patent battle, with the iPhone maker expected to present more detailed evidence in its attempt to win a U.S. ban on sales of several Samsung smartphones.
Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have been litigating around the world for nearly three years. Jurors awarded the iPhone maker about $930 million after a 2012 trial in San Jose, California, but Apple failed to persuade U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to issue a permanent injunction against the sale of Samsung phones.A sales ban would be a far more serious threat to Samsung, which earned $7.7 billion in the quarter that ended in December. Samsung's mobile division, which includes smartphones, generated operating profit of 5.47 trillion won ($5.1 billion).
(Score: 1) by gishzida on Wednesday April 02 2014, @08:00AM
I'll have you know that, as a fellow citizen of Mr. Colbert, of the Great Southern State of Infested Decay which is in most parallel dimensional spaces is called South Carolina, that they take the obligation to live in gated communities down here seriously... which is why they won't allow me to live in won.
As for whether the original title is in poor taste, why do you assume it is the poor victim, i.e. the editor, who is responsible for such an atrocity? Nay, Nay, it was not some Russki [He's a very polite and friendly Russki I'll have you know... nothing like that Stalin fellow they used to talk about...] that was the true culprit for said title is the Idjit whom had the failure to have submitted it... which is to say *me*-- for after all I am not but a poor, underedjerkated who lives on the borders of the upscale neighborhood of designer homes [or is that Holmes?] called in these parts Da Hood.
To wax poetic for a moment about Southern living-- Da Hood is far away from the proper people that live South of Broad [which is why we call them S.O.B.s]. No, we're way up North King, passed Romney Street [which has a private crack alley named Athens Court -- that's a whole different ball of... stuff] No, We're past where the Islamic Center is located... I live on a street that King George II [the Texas one] wished he had been but wasn't-- which is to say he wanted to be Poplar but ended up being a Maple [one street to the north] which is to say he was a sap for all his Papa's old buddies. Isn't that always the case- The Poplar wons run parallel to the Maple [sappy] wons?
You can at least be thankful that the title I provided with the story wasn't Samsung's marketing goal as a movie title: "How the West was Won." or "Your Steal the Won" or "Fruit says thanks for the memories but wants to kill Seoul Survivor" or "Apple wants to wok Samsung" or "Apple wins won"... or "Apple dings Samsung's dong" or "Won Won tingles Bottom line-- Apple scores at last". As a consolation prize you have won... a promise for Article Titles which are more like bad Newspaper titles.
Now in regards to your complaint about flaming midgets [you did not specify an exact temperature, so I have had to assume the maximum caloric value of heat output-- which is to say "flaming"]... I am not responsible for those. At least you can be thanked it wasn't a circus of leaping Don Juans... or a Matched Team of Hauling Honky Donkeys... [which given the fact that I most resemble one of those donkeys your thankfulness should be trebled and tripled]
[this all brings back heart warming memories of USENET...]