Earlier today, LG Display filed a suit in Seoul District Court against Samsung on alleged infringing patents that it holds on OLED panel design. According to Yonhap, LG accuses Samsung of having 5 Galaxy devices that utilize 7 LG tech patents on their displays, including one related to the former company’s “Narrow Bezel” technology. The devices… Read more
Apple has filed a new motion asking for an extra $707 million dollars from Samsung in additional damages. The figure includes $400 million awarded for design infringement by Samsung, $135 million for willful infringement of its utility patents, $121 million in supplemental damages based on Samsung’s product sales not covered in the jury’s deliberation… Read more
Samsung and Motorola are getting a bit of justice today, as a German court ruled that neither of them are infringing on a patent that covers how an OS responds to and ignores touch events. That Apple patent was deemed too broad, thus saving the two companies from having their phones taken off the market. This was probably due to the involvement of… Read more
In a move that is likely to surprise absolutely no-one, documents have been sent to a federal court in San Jose California from Samsung’s legal team “anticipating” the addition of the iPhone 5 to a list of patent complaints against Apple. Samsung admits that it will have to “analyze the device” before definitively adding the iPhone 5 to their… Read more
The International Trade Commission has announced that it will begin a formal investigation into Motorola’s (read Google) complaint against Apple. Motorola is accusing Apple of breaching seven patents related to location based reminders, Siri, push email notifications and media playback. According the ITC website, no decision has been decided on the… Read more
This is just strange to me. Samsung has tried to sue Apple with valid patents (and they still stand valid). But Apple has come out unscathed. The International Trade Commission says that Apple didn’t infringe on any of Samsung’s four valid patents for one reason: Samsung lacks a domestic industry for these patents. I’m not smart in these deals, so I… Read more
And so the war wages on. After Apple successfully defeated Samsung in its month-long patent trial, the company has decided to push its troops forward. The Cupertino-based firm is now claiming that Samsung’s Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy Note 10.1 infringe on its ’721, ’604, and ’647 IPs. These patents–which should have never been granted… Read more
After a rather large loss in court last week, Samsung is back up and ready to throw some punches at Apple if they release an iPhone with LTE connectivity. Korea Times is reporting that Samsung is planning to immediately hit Apple with a lawsuit if they even dare to release an LTE iPhone. An analysis has shown that Samsung holds 10% of the LTE patents… Read more
HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang has confirmed that HTC will not make any plans to settle their ongoing patent lawsuit with Apple, regardless of Apple’s recent victory of Samsung. In fact, she not only reaffirmed her company’s position to forge ahead with the suit, but also ruled out plans to settle the case as well. “Samsung’s defeat does not mean that… Read more
Motorola’s patent lawsuit with Apple has has certainly been overshadowed by the massive Apple vs. Samsung trial. However with that historic case now quieting down, Apple’s focus is now shifting to its battle with Google owned Motorola. Recently released news has revealed however that an unexpected turn has happened in this new saga. A filing on… Read more
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