This is horrible for users and businesses and is evil in nature.
As for Samsung, they are fighting back against Apple for the most part, and do so however they can.
And portraying Samsung as the victim is absurd, they are one of the worlds most aggressive companies.
Samsung is not a victim, they are battling just as hard as Apple, but Apple, because of how vehemently they have attached Google and Samsung, they are the bad guys. People defend them because they are blinded by some infatuation that makes no sense to me and most other, level headed people.
And before you say I am an Apple hater, I have purchased multiple Apple products (mostly to evaluate compared to other products). I have owned every type of iPhone except for the new 5 series. I have had a mac, I have had iPods, etc etc... I was never satisfied with their price point for what I got. But, as a company, they disgust me. Anyone who wants to defend them can go for it.
If you seriously believe Samsung is a more ethical company than Apple, then we need discuss this no longer.
And, if I can make the same thing you can for cheaper, then why shouldn't I? Your problem is that you value "ingenuity" as something that can be stolen or ripped off which is wrong. You can't protect ideas. Everyone has them. Why should yours be more valuable then mine. Just because you say yours first? Even when I may have been working on my without anyone knowing? Or maybe you think, taking the risk of making something (i.e. the iphone) and since you took that risk, you should be rewarded by not allowing anyone else to make one. Because life if fair right? If you created the first product, make the product better than others, and offer at a reasonable price, then there is no reason you shouldn't be successful.
If apple didn't have patents, they would fail, why, because their products would be too expensive to compete with other "clones". Now, if they actually made a better product, then they would at least exist (if their "better" product was worth the cost). Think about the guys that started a business building normal pc's and putting OS X on them. Apple forcibly shut them down fast because they new people would flock to them. Why, because they were much cheaper and would do the same thing as a Mac. And yet, Apple forced the business to shut down so that they would own their market. That is evil.
Your stance make me believe that either, a) you are an Apple lover and thus overriding basic logic because you are blinded, b) don't understand the underlying points c) just trying to argue. Your ultimatum of "If you don't believe Samsung is as evil as Apple then I won't talk to you" is childish, immature and extremely bias. I believe Samsung is a better company than Apple. That is my own personal opinion, and I don't care whether you believe it or not.
Patents do not protect anyone accept the greedy corporation that files them. They stifle innovation and hurt everyone but themselves. Apple is the king of patents and thus, the worst.
I am glad you were willing to own up to it.
I am also glad you admit that you do not respect the idea of contract law and think that Apple should be forced to give away their intellectual property.