Implications of the Apple v Samsung Trial

            If you have been following the Samsung v Apple trial........... Well you have been, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this blog post to know of my opinion. So let’s get right to it.

Apple and Samsung, two technology giants going head to head in a court-case that could change the technology landscape

             First of all this has been a very interesting and annoying trial if you should ask. It has nothing to do with Judge Lucy Koh. It has everything to do with the implications any outcome might have on the tech industry and value of patents in the tech industry.
Just think about it for a moment, if Samsung wins this case (if they do not have to pay Apple any royalties for supposed infringement on Apple patents) we would see even more companies creating devices similar to that of Apples at lower prices (and with lower quality), this is already the current state of the industry but now companies will feel free to do this without thinking about Apple dragging them to court.  This might be bad for Apples business (something I highly disagree with) but on the whole it is not bad for the consumer. The only downside is that most companies would stop the process of innovation and switch to the practice of creating cheap copies of Apple products (this is already being done by less respected companies but it will now be a widely accepted practice in the tech industry and will no longer be frowned upon).

             If Apple wins this case they might just go ahead and kill the rest of the competition to ensure that consumers would be left with only one option which would be Apple (they seem to forget that is in this spirit of competition that they came out with such great products). The down side of this is that we will all be left with one option, empty your pockets and buy some fine Apple products or forget about technology altogether(because in no time, almost all other tech companies would be bleeding and might be out of business). But it might rejuvenate another wave of innovation and who knows what other great products another tech company might come out with. Personally I can’t wait to see what might happen to the tech industry as we know it when this case ends, as the jury makes a final decision on this case.

             I am tempted to side with Samsung but who knows what might happen at the end of trial?

              You are welcome to give your comments about what you think about the trial.