The only reason they claim to be suing them for this much is because of "damages in profit"
That's a very weak case (knowing apple they'll win anyway) and there is no way to prove that their loss in profit has anything to do with the fact that samsung's devices are similar.
Apple only has so much time ticking on the clock, until samsung and everyone else that they have unjustly sued have enough and strike back.
There is also only so long that their customers will support them.
I agree with you most of the way. Yes, they are suing for damages to their wallets. And they are suing every, even something that is clearly not an infringement. But there are only a few cases where they actually have legitimate reasons. Only a few, less than a handful, and a lot less compared to how many cases they are just trying to overload in the courts. I wouldn't put it by them for doing it like that to get all the courts so fatigued that they will just blindly side with Apple. However, that's a risky move, as there's a 50/50 chance the courts will instead side with everyone else. Apple would have to win a vast majority of their cases in order to guarantee a judge to side with them without so much as reviewing the evidence.
I'm totally with what p1ng said, he's 100% correct. Apple deserves its money back
Until you realize that Apple stole from others, see the next quote. Also, they are suing anything that breaths. They are suing an online Polish grocery store for, as they claim, stealing their trademarked icon. Tell me, does a green circle with a leaf look more like an apple or a lime? And isn't .pl also used for Polish websites and perl script files? Apple should sue the entire nation of Poland for the using .pl. They should sue Froot-of-the-loom for having an apple in their logo. Yes, people stole from Apple, or so they want you to believe. Not everything was stolen from Apple. Most of these things were stolen from other companies and Apple is just trying to claim they made it first, despite all the evidence. Apple only deserves a percentage based on what is truly original, and not stolen from others. Sadly, that's less than 10% in my opinion.
While I'm not an apple fan boy, I'm certainly not a complete hater. I like some of their products, I just wish they'd stop with all their claims that I know first hand are downright lies. ("Can't get a virus/hacked" and "Never crashes" are the biggest ones I've definitely proven wrong, and that was me not even trying. Hell, I was doing the opposite. I was making sure it wouldn't ever have either happen, and it did that.)
The way I see it, I see Apple as a dog, the Apple iDog (developed for the use of the blind), with Steve Jobs as the owner. He walks the dog, feeds it, takes good care of it. Now with him gone, the dog is barking at anything that moves, trying to bite into everything it sees. It's going to bite at something that'll kick it across the yard sooner or later, so it needs to back up before it gets hurt.
It's late, I can't tell who's being sarcastic/trolling/whatever. This is all I have to say:
Best post Ever!