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Apple vs Samsung patent case has finally been settled

Some of you might be aware that the Apple vs Samsung patent case has been in the courts for more than seven years. It started back in 2011 when Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs threatened that he would go “thermonuclear” on Android rivals that copied iPhone design. Samsung was routinely accused of copying the […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung files a motion challenging damages in lawsuit against Apple

In the never-ending legal battle between Apple and Samsung over patent infringement, a jury ruled in favor of Apple last month and asked Samsung to pay $539 million in damages for infringing design and utility patents belonging to Apple. It appears Samsung is in no mood to give up and is embarking on a legal […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

Samsung ordered to pay $539 million in damages to Apple

The Apple vs Samsung patent retrial concluded last week with both parties awaiting the jury's decision which has now come in. It is already settled that Samsung infringed on three Apple design patents which involve the grid of icons on the home screen, the rim that surrounds a handset's front and the rounded corners of […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Final decision in Apple vs Samsung patent lawsuit will come soon

Apple sued Samsung back in 2012 claiming that the latter had made and sold some phones that infringed on several patents that it owned. The jury in the original case sided with Apple and ordered Samsung to pay $1.05 billion in damages. That was only the beginning of this legal drama, though, which is now […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Apple seeks $1 billion in damages from Samsung in patent retrial

As we reported earlier this week, the Apple v. Samsung patent infringement case is undergoing a retrial. The case is about Samsung infringing on three design and two utility patents owned by Apple. The retrial is not about whether Samsung is guilty of infringement or not, but what the damages should be. Samsung is hoping […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

Apple vs Samsung damages retrial starts tomorrow

Samsung and Apple share a very complex relationship in the marketplace. Apart from being fierce competitors in the premium smartphone segment, they also share a supplier-client relationship with Apple buying billions of dollars’ worth of phone components from Samsung. Both companies are also involved in a high-profile patent infringement case, which started when Apple sued […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

Apple and Samsung to return to the courtroom for a patent damages retrial

Judge Lucy Koh of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California determined on Sunday that Apple and Samsung will return to the courtroom to battle a retrial of their famous design patent damages case, which is exactly what the South Korean company has been fighting for. Samsung had originally, as noted […]

By Josh L.
7 years ago

Apple vs Samsung review request should be denied, says US DOJ

The Apple vs Samsung lawsuit has been an epic legal battle between the two tech giants. Samsung scored a win last year when the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in its favor. The apex court ruled that the infringement of design patents may only involve a component and not the entire product. This means […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Apple vs Samsung lawsuit sent back to where it all started

The Apple vs Samsung patent infringement lawsuit has made its journey through the entire legal system of the United States over five years and now it has been sent back to square one. Samsung had its day before the Supreme Court which ruled in its favor and said that damages in design patent cases should […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Apple vs Samsung patent case reopened by US appeals court

Samsung scored a major legal victory last year when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the company can't be forced to fork over all of the profits from a device found to be infringing on design patents when it may only be infringing on some and not all components. The case was sent back […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Samsung defeats Apple in US Supreme Court showdown

Samsung's main patent battle with Apple made its way through the United States federal court system for almost five years before the Korean giant finally decided to approach the Supreme Court. It was evident from the get go that whatever the apex court decided, it would be a landmark decision given that the United States […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Samsung denied appeal on $119.6 million iPhone patent verdict

A jury verdict handed down in May 2014 found that both Apple and Samsung had infringed on each others' patents and even though Apple had sought $2.2 billion in damages, Samsung was ordered to pay $119.6 million for violating on three of Apple's patents. The patents were related to iPhone slide-to-unlock, quick links and auto-correct. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Samsung’s arguments against Apple find some support at the Supreme Court

Samsung and Apple's Supreme Court showdown started yesterday, the apex court of the United States is hearing its first design patent case in more than a century so its ruling will definitely be considered as landmark. This is the biggest patent dispute between these companies in which Samsung was initially hit with $1 billion in […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Apple and Samsung’s Supreme Court showdown takes place today

Samsung's $120 million win in a patent lawsuit against Apple might have been overturned recently but that's not the main dispute it has with the Cupertino company. The main case has made its way through the federal court system in the United States for almost five years and has inevitably landed at the United States […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

Samsung’s $120 million patent dispute victory against Apple overturned in latter’s favor

Earlier this year in February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. overturned a jury verdict which imposed $120 million in damages on Samsung for infringing on Apple's slide-to-unlock and quick links patent. The court also ruled that those patents were invalid and it even found Apple liable for infringing […]

By Adnan Farooqui
8 years ago

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