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Samsung pushed to reveal Galaxy sales data to Apple

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Adam Lange

Samsung was found to have infringed upon 6 of Apple’s patents earlier this August and ordered to repay the company $1. 05 million in damages. Apple is additionally seeking additional injuries after its quote to blocks gross sales of eight Samsung units failed. In order to asses this damages, Apple requested that Samsung [...]

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FOSS PATENTS: German court stays Samsung lawsuit against Apple over smiley input method patent

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

I just attended an announcement at the Mannheim Regional Court. Judge Andreas Voss (“Voß” in German) ordered a stay of a Samsung lawsuit against Apple over doubts concerning the validity of a patent covering a particular method for entering smileys on a mobile phone. A nullity (invalidation) action against that patent is pending at the [...]

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FOSS PATENTS: Apple adds six Samsung products including Note II, S III mini and Galaxy Tab 2 to California lawsuit

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Both Apple and Samsung keep exercising their rights under the Northern District of California’s permissive rules governing the timing of infringement contentions. After Samsung added the iPhone 5 and Apple brought claims against the Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy S III, as well as the Galaxy Nexus with the Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) update, Samsung filed infringement contentions [...]

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Foss Patents: Court doesn’t allow sweeping inclusion of Android 4.1 (‘Jelly Bean’) in Apple-Samsung lawsuit

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

A few weeks ago there was a lot of media coverage of a court hearing at which Apple and Samsung were discussing with Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal the proposed addition of newer products, such as the iPhone 5 and Galaxy Note 10.1, to their second California lawsuit (not the one that went to trial this summer). [...]

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electronista: Samsung officially adds iPhone 5 to infringement lawsuit

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Says it violates same LTE patents as previous iPhones, iPads. Still reeling from its major court defeat against Apple in the US and a string of legal losses in other countries (punctuated by the occasional — but minor — victory), Samsung has now added the iPhone 5 to its new lawsuit against Apple, this time [...]

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Bloomberg: Apple appeals Tokyo court’s ruling for Samsung in lawsuit

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Apple Inc. appealed a Tokyo ruling that said Samsung Electronics Co. didn’t infringe on the iPhone maker’s patent as the world’s top two smartphone sellers continue their global legal dispute. Apple appealed an Aug. 31 ruling by Tokyo District Court that said Samsung didn’t violate Apple’s invention of technology for synchronizing music and video data [...]

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Reuters: Samsung files lawsuit against Apple over latest iPhone (developing)

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it filed a new lawsuit against Apple Inc in a U.S. court, contending the iPhone 5 infringed on Samsung’s patents. In a statement, Samsung said: “…we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights.” From: http://www.reuters.com

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c|net: Samsung hit by OLED patent lawsuit from LG Display

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Krzysztof Bryk

Already reeling from legal battles with Apple, Samsung is the target of yet another patent lawsuit. LG Display said today that it has filed a patent infringement suit against the handset maker, alleging that Samsung violated seven of its OLED (organic light-emitting diode) patents.

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