In reading some further posts on the web, this is worse than I thought. The only article I read earlier today lead me to believe it was about the triple click home to start voiceover. IT is not. IT is about the very heart of voiceover for us, its ability to read things on the screen. An article points out that this is the case and that Samsung is not even trying to protect their technology for accessibility, they are simply using it as a weapon. So they are completely putting us up as a sacrifice for their battles. One can only hope the courts will see right through this and consider it exactly what it is.
http://www.fosspatents.com/2013/02/german-court-stays-samsungs-voiceover.html "one. Samsung didn't assert this German patent in an effort to protect its investment in accessibility. It elected to use an accessibility-related patent as a tactical weapon. Patent protection and enforcement can be justified in certain scenarios. For example, if there are two companies competing in the market for hearing aids, it's generally legitimate for them to assert accessibility-related patents against each other. I would also support the idea of accessibility patent enforcement in cases of willful infringement, and if Samsung had only requested monetary compensation in this action, it would have made a much better choice than by trying to achieve, through the pursuit of an injunction, the deactivation or (more realistically) degradation of the voiceover functionality Apple provides to its German customers. In recent weeks I have been contacted by a couple of journalists who report on and care about accessibility issues. One of them told me he's blind. I completely understand why the vision-impaired are concerned when they hear about a lawsuit like this one. Maybe there's a cultural difference here between Asia and the Western hemisphere. In the United States and Europe, people may be more sensitive to this type of issue than in Korea. I don't think Samsung is evil. I really don't. But it should give more thought to the wider implications of its retaliatory actions against Apple." On 2/24/13, James Mannion <mannion...@gmail.com> wrote: > So incredibly ridiculous too. Block the sale of a product under the > excuse that a comman is entered in the same way and then add to it the > fact that it does not even control something that is equal in > functionality either! There just aren't even words to describe it. > This law suit flinging is worse than 5 year olds. At least they have > an excuse for acting childish and they are more reasonable when they > do. If you can't stand your competition, maybe you just don't make a > worthy product to begin with. You know, one that would sell itself by > the millions? If because of your competition your sales are less, your > product sucks! > > On 2/24/13, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Join the club, not just for that reason, but the last time I bought one >> of >> their products, the Intrepid phone with Sprint, I had problem after >> problem >> with it. It crashed repeatedly, when I did the slightest thing with it, >> and >> nobody at the Sprint stores I took it to could figure out what was wrong >> with it, and continuously tried to blame the Mobile Speak software for it >> crashing, which was upsetting to me. >> So after about the 4th or 5th time it did this, and this was after I >> had >> to have help resetting it 2 days in a row, I just didn't reinstall Mobile >> Speak again, and decided to pay full price for a 32 gb IPhone, sense I >> unfortunately wasn't elegible for an upgrade yet, and wasn't willing to >> wait >> anymore. >> So now my Intrepid is now one of Hannah's toys, and she loves to >> pretend >> to call her Granddad, and check her messages lol. >> On Feb 24, 2013, at 8:47 PM, James Mannion wrote: >> >>> I agree that I will not ever support Samsung either because of this. >>> Nice how they do not really do anything that indicates any real >>> interest in helping us to better use their products, but they are >>> willing to cash us in as a sacrifice to attack the competition. This >>> childish corrupt law suit stuff really, really needs to stop! Until >>> this law suit I have not heard of anything from Samsung concerning >>> voiceover or a screen reader of their creation that does anything >>> wonderful for us at all. Yet such a law suit would indicate they have >>> great concern for us as their customers, right? Yes maybe if it >>> weren't nothing but corruption! >>> >>> On 2/24/13, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi. >>>> >>>> I will of course sign. >>>> >>>> I will also have to say, that I will never ever buy a samsung product >>>> after >>>> their trying to destroy something that is so important to me. I am >>>> angry. >>>> We >>>> all ought to sign. >>>> >>>> Best regards Annie. >>>> On Feb 24, 2013, at 10:22 AM, jshandr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hello All, >>>>> >>>>> Some of you may have already seen this. I know its been tweeted out. I >>>>> posted a petition on Change .Org on Saturday. It is in reference to >>>>> Samsung trying to block sale of Apple products in Germany. Yes, I know >>>>> their is a temporary hold on the decision. I just want Samsung to know >>>>> the >>>>> attack on the blind community is a bad move. Not only financially, bug >>>>> for >>>>> PR reasons. It is your choice whether or not you want to sign. I'm >>>>> including the link. 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