Apple scores court win in South Korea as judge tosses Samsung patent suit
A South Korean court on Thursday local Korea time dismissed a Samsung patent suit against Apple that sought monetary damages and a sales ban against the iPhone 4S and iPad 2.
As reported by Reuters, Apple's latest court victory on Samsung's home turf involved a dismissal of claims made by the Korean firm, which alleged the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 infringed on three patents related to displaying data, user interfaces, and short text (SMS) messaging.
First filed in March 2012, Samsung's complaint was stopped short by a judge at the Seoul Central District Court, who declared the accused Apple products did not violate the Galaxy maker's IP.
Samsung's motion for a ban on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sales was denied, while another damages claim for 100 million won (roughly $95,000) was thrown out.
In a previous South Korean court case, both parties were faulted for infringing on each other's patents. Apple was ordered to pay 20 million won, or $17,650 for each patent violation for a total of $35,300, while Samsung had to dish out 25 million won, or $22,000 for its infringement.
The news is just the latest development in Apple and Samsung's ongoing worldwide patent struggle, which was sparked by a 2011 Apple lawsuit that claimed the Korean tech giant copied the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad.
A watershed jury trial in California found Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages in 2012.
Following the Apple v. Samsung trial, presiding Judge Lucy Koh vacated about $405 million from the award due to erroneous calculations made by the jury. The jurist set a retrial to reassess the damages amount.
In November, a second jury of eight heard the reset damages case and ultimately awarded Apple $290 million. The amount was below the $380 million Apple sought to make itself "whole," but proved even further removed from the $53 million Samsung argued it owed. Including the restored damages, Samsung now owes Apple some $930 million in the California case alone.
As reported by Reuters, Apple's latest court victory on Samsung's home turf involved a dismissal of claims made by the Korean firm, which alleged the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 infringed on three patents related to displaying data, user interfaces, and short text (SMS) messaging.
First filed in March 2012, Samsung's complaint was stopped short by a judge at the Seoul Central District Court, who declared the accused Apple products did not violate the Galaxy maker's IP.
Samsung's motion for a ban on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 sales was denied, while another damages claim for 100 million won (roughly $95,000) was thrown out.
In a previous South Korean court case, both parties were faulted for infringing on each other's patents. Apple was ordered to pay 20 million won, or $17,650 for each patent violation for a total of $35,300, while Samsung had to dish out 25 million won, or $22,000 for its infringement.
The news is just the latest development in Apple and Samsung's ongoing worldwide patent struggle, which was sparked by a 2011 Apple lawsuit that claimed the Korean tech giant copied the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad.
A watershed jury trial in California found Samsung guilty of patent infringement and awarded Apple $1.05 billion in damages in 2012.
Following the Apple v. Samsung trial, presiding Judge Lucy Koh vacated about $405 million from the award due to erroneous calculations made by the jury. The jurist set a retrial to reassess the damages amount.
In November, a second jury of eight heard the reset damages case and ultimately awarded Apple $290 million. The amount was below the $380 million Apple sought to make itself "whole," but proved even further removed from the $53 million Samsung argued it owed. Including the restored damages, Samsung now owes Apple some $930 million in the California case alone.
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Do you ever start writing, and put in a placeholder for something you meant to go back and look up, so you didn't lose your train of thought, then forget to go back and fix it?
Do you think the last year may have been educational enough for Samsung to end their disgusting business tactics and focus on making truly original, innovative products in the future?
No, I didn't think so either.
But not out bribed!
In addition, the Supreme Most Loved Judge levied an additional 6 billion won (84¢) against Samsung for producing Gear, citing the company's failure to meet the national forgery standards. The company was also threatened with treason for attempting to promote R&D on its own.
Don't count Samesung out yet, there's plenty more technology on Apple's roadmap yet for them to copy.Bahahahahaha!!! Samsung is slowly getting its air supply turned off. Looking forward it them keeling over and dropping.
I'll say. The whole city is named Samsung Town in Seoul. They're here to stay.
They could create a new logo:
I'll say. The whole city is named Samsung Town in Seoul. They're here to stay, so they could create a new logo:
I'll say. The whole city is named Samsung Town in Seoul. They're here to stay, so they could create a new logo:
I'll say. The whole city is named Samsung Town in Seoul. They're here to stay, so they could create a new logo:
All your posts appear three times...
As of yesterday, I've stopped taking responsibility of any mishaps over here at AI and redirect everyone over to the kids at Huddler.com who designed this Community Software instead of doing what they should; imitate a sugar cube.
Good thing they rolled out their Draft thingy, but we will be better served with a non-crashing Safari.
http://www.makeuptalk.com/t/139606/forum-update-december-10-2013#post_2236694
I'd insert a picture if I could but the row of icons are hidden... I guess misery likes company at Huddler. Ought to be their tagline.
They were frantically reading JavaScript for Dummies. Stand back: they're professional web coder guys.
Ooh. I wonder if I could swing that as an excuse to go ballistic on some trolls.
“It was Huddler’s fault; why are you temp-banning me?”
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LOL! Well, you could try; the banning part is from Huddler and not AI, after all.
LOL. Looks like this book is above their ability to learn though. I want vBulletin back!