Samsung requests iPhone 4S source code in Australian court

The best part of this is, it give HTC an even bigger opportunity to surpass them in the smartphone business.

Samsung: we ban iphone fy!

Apple: HAHAHAAHAHA

Samsung is going to get laughed out of court on this one.

"I think you might have infringed a patent, so I need your code." That's way too broad and ridiculous for any competitor to be forced to do. That's also too dangerous of a precedent to set in court, so it'll more than likely be thrown out.

If the courts think there could be an issue, the code would have to be analyzed by a neutral, private party... definitely not by Samsung themselves. Even that is bit of a stretch. This is an uphill battle for Samsung since they've already lost a similar case elsewhere... I don't think IP laws vary too much from the Europe/Japan... now if this was China.. then maybe.

Apple will most likely never hand over the source code. Since if they do, they have lost all control over it.

Like this: Apple gives samsung access to the source. Samsung employee copies and leaks source. Now what.
Apple will sue Samsung. Likely. Apple will benefit from it. Highly unlikely. Even if they sue the damage is done and most likely samsung will not have to pay top dollar in damages.

Another point is this: If say an Austrian or German judge says that apple will have to provide samsung with the source by tomorrow, they will not have to comply since the source is not in that country. And thinking that a small time judge in EU would have any power what so ever to force an american company, non the less THE american company, to hand over anything will not happen. The judge will not get any form of support from USGOV.

My guess is that the only way samsung may see the sourcecode is if they send a person naked into a closed room at Apple HQ to examine the code on a non networked and screwed down to the table machine.

>> With so many Samsung law suits around the world one judge will agree to some of these more outrageous
>> requests and then Apple will have to hand over the jewels.

That's not how the law usually works.

First, the fact that one court in one country has already thrown out a similar suit, while not precendent, can be pursuasive to the other courts entertaining the same suit in other countries.

Second, courts aren't going to allow a competitor to see a companies' source code. If the court agrees that it is necessary to have a look at the source code for any reason, the court will appoint an outside expert to look at the source code, and only reveal very limited findings as appropriate.

Now asking for source code is pushing it too far!

Well there you go, if you start something are you willing to finish it? if not, get ready to be finished by it.

With so many Samsung law suits around the world one judge will agree to some of these more outrageous requests and then Apple will have to hand over the jewels.

Good luck with that one Samsung.

Nice try, Samsung. So, basically, Samsung wants the source code to make a clone of Siri, right? That is probably the main reason to make this ridiculous request. Do they even know Obj C?

Whatever Samsung, you are a joke. Every one of your products looks like an Apple product.