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August 8, 2012

Apple Offered To License Patent In 2010, But Samsung Not Interested


(GSM Insider) - In 2007, Apple explicitly asked Samsung not to copy its rubber banding patent, according to Apple Senior Vice President Scott Forstall.

At the lawsuit of Apple vs Samsung, Apple Senior Vice President Scott Forstall told a jury that Steve Jobs told Samsung: "Here’s something we invented. Don’t — don’t copy it. Don’t steal it.”

When as about the conversation between Jobs and Samsung, Forstall responded, "Rubber banding is one of the sort of key things for the fluidity of the iPhone and - and all of iOS, and so I know it was one of the ones that Steve really cared about.

I actually think that Android had not done rubber banding at some point and it was actually added later. So they actually went form sort of, you know, not yet copying and infringing to - to choosing to copy, which is sad and distasteful.

But I can't give you a specific recollection of - of Steve, you know, going over rubber banding with - with them in those meetings or not...

I expect it came up, because it's one of the key things we talked - you know, he and I talked about, but I don't know if it came up there."


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