Updated: Apple Sues Samsung - Apple Wins Patent Case

[csmart 472]

this is really amazing. samsung wnats to see apple products that are under development. this paten battle is turning into a "Masala" movie"..

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Samsung Asks Apple to Show Next iPhone, iPad

Samsung Electronics Co. sought a court order to force Apple Inc. (AAPL) to disclose iPhone and iPad models under development, claiming it needs the information to defend against allegations it copied Apple’s products.

Samsung must see the final versions of the next-generation iPhone and iPad, which may be known as iPhone 5 and iPad 3, to “evaluate whether a likelihood of confusion exists” between new Samsung and Apple products that will probably go on sale about the same time, according to documents filed May 27 by Suwon, South Korea-based Samsung in San Jose, California, federal court. Samsung is asking Apple to turn over the samples by June 13.

Steve Park, a Seoul-based spokesman for Apple, declined to comment.

Samsung’s request is part of a legal dispute between the two companies which began in April when Apple claimed Samsung’s Galaxy products “slavishly” copied iPad and iPhone technology and design. Samsung, which also supplies chips to Apple, countersued the Cupertino, California-based company in Seoul, Tokyo, Mannheim, Germany and the U.S.

Apple will likely seek a court order barring Samsung from selling future products and must be able to compare its devices in development to those of Apple, Samsung said in the court papers.

The case is Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. 11- cv-01846. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose).

Edited May 30, 2011 by csmart

[Karthik R 246]

Samsung is also one of Apple's main suppliers of components such as chips and LCD displays. The legal battle could therefore hurt the earnings of both companies as strong sales of Apple's iPhone and iPad mean added revenue for Samsung.

[sgiitk 32]

The US has probably the highest fraction of their population working as lawyers, and Japan the lowest. Obviously one country is in the habit of sewing at the drop of a hat.

A lot of these suits are just for scaring the other chap (and others) with no real hope of success.

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Apple Will Pay Nokia to Settle Patent Suit

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Nokia and Apple have settled an almost two-year long legal battle over patents with an agreement that will see Apple pay a lump sum and ongoing royalties to the European cell-phone maker.

The financial terms and structure of the contract were not disclosed by Nokia.

"We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees," said Stephen Elop, Nokia's president and CEO, in a statement.

The two companies have been engaged in patent disputes worldwide since October 2009, when Nokia filed a complaint against Apple with the U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleging that Apple's iPhone infringed on Nokia telecommunication and wireless patents. The suit alleged Apple was infringing on ten Nokia patents covering wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption.

Since then, the legal battle has intensified, with the companies also filing complaints against each other with the U.S. International Trade Commission.

In March this year, Nokia expanded the ITC complaint to include an additional seven patents and alleged, "Apple infringes additional Nokia patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, tablets and computers."

The license agreement will settle all patent litigation between the companies, and the withdrawal of complaints in the U.S. ITC by Nokia and Apple, Nokia said.

Apple spokesman Alan Hely said the company is happy the dispute with Nokia is over, and that they can now get back to focusing on their respective businesses.

"Apple and Nokia have agreed to drop all of our current lawsuits and enter into a license covering some of each others' patents, but not the majority of the innovations that make the iPhone unique," Hely said

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Apple Modifies Patent Complaint Against Samsung Adding More Products and IP Rights

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The legal battle between Apple and Samsung is escalating. Apple has been granted access to Samsung devices that it alleges violate patents held by Apple and in defeat Samsung decided to try the same tactic. Samsung asked the courts for samples of the iPad 3 and iPhone 5, despite the fact that the devices haven't been announced. Apple has now gone back and amended its patent complaint.

Apple has asserted that Samsung is violating more of its patents and expanded the complaint against Samsung. The key new things in the document include a more strongly phrased complaint and more detailed copycat accusation. Apple lists more examples of how and when Samsung copied its products. Apple cites the Samsung F700 as the first act of copying designs by Samsung.

Apple expanded the list of Samsung products that it feels copy its own offerings. The original list of products Apple accused of copycat included the Samsung Captivate, Continuum, Vibrant, Galaxy S 4G, Epic 4G, Indulge, Mesmerize, Showcase, Fascinate, Nexus S, Gem, Transform, Intercept, and Acclaim smartphones along with the Galaxy Tab tablet.

The new amended complaint adds to that list the Droid Charge, Exhibit 4G, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Prevail, Galaxy S (i9000), Gravity, Infuse 4G, Nexus S 4G, Replenish, Sidekick, Galaxy Tab 10.1, and Galaxy S II. The complaint also lists the Showcase i500 and Showcase Galaxy S.

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Apple Emerges Victorious; Samsung Denied 'Peeking' Right

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A few days ago, we reported about Samsung demanding that Apple come transparent with the designs of its future products. In retaliation, the iPad manufacturer approached the District Court of California, and filed a motion against Samsung. Apple also requested the District Court of California to deny Samsung's requests.

Now, it so seems that the Court saw more merit in Apple's claims, and steered the judgment in their favor. According to the judgment, Samsung has been denied the permission to peek into Apple's stash of prototypes to gain confirmation. The judgment further added that Samsung's open ways of proceeding with product releases, didn't quite fit its claims of product secrecy. This in contrast with Apple's well guarded trade secrets gave Samsung the final setback.

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In a twist to ongoing saga, Samsung seeks ban on sale of Apple products in US. its becoming more complex battle than thought.

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Samsung Seeks Ban on Apple Products Sale in U.S.

SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. said on Thursday that it expanded its legal tussle with Apple Inc. by filing a complaint with the International Trade Commission seeking to stop the sale of key Apple products in the U.S.

Samsung also said it filed another lawsuit against Apple in a Delaware district court in the U.S., alleging violations by Apple of patents Samsung holds on telecommunications technology, as well as lawsuits in the U.K and Italy.

The two steps are part of a broader strategy by Samsung to counter a product-copying lawsuit that Apple filed against it two months ago.

In the original case, legal analysts say Apple is moving toward seeking a preliminary injunction that could force Samsung to stop selling its flagship smartphone, called Galaxy S, in the U.S., its largest market. With the ITC complaint, Samsung asked for a ban on the import of Apple's popular iPods, iPhones and iPads to the U.S.

The fight is one of many that have emerged over the past year in the smartphone and tablet computer markets, new segments of the technology industry where profit margins are relatively high and market leadership is unsettled.

But it has taken unusual prominence because Apple and Samsung, while competing in consumer products, have a relationship in which Apple is the biggest customer of Samsung's component manufacturing businesses, which make logic chips, memory chips and liquid crystal displays for gadgets of all types.

Since the first suit was filed, the legal approaches of the two companies have exposed their different basic competencies and advantages in the marketplace. Apple is asserting the primacy of its ability to design distinctive products, a skill that enables it to charge premium prices and reap larger profit margins. Samsung is asserting that its manufacturing prowess is equally, or even more, valuable.

The fight has prompted speculation throughout the electronics industry that Apple might try to end its supplier relationship with Samsung, a move that would prove costly to Samsung's chip business, which has been yielding the company's highest profits over the past few years.

Apple executives have said they expect the relationship to continue. Samsung has declined to comment on the relationship, but company chairman Lee Kun-hee in late April indirectly criticized Apple's lawsuit as an attempt to restrain Samsung. "When a nail sticks out, [people] try to pound it down," Mr. Lee told local reporters at the time.

Samsung responded to the initial Apple lawsuit with countersuits in the U.S., South Korea, Japan and Germany that claimed that Apple violated technology patents it holds.

After all that, Apple last week filed a second suit against Samsung, in Samsung's home country of South Korea, that repeated some of the product-copying claims made in the original suit in the U.S. and added claims that Samsung was violating some technology patents that Apple holds.

Samsung extended its technology patent suit to the U.K. and Italy on Wednesday and said it may file additional patent suits in Europe.

Samsung's new complaints to the ITC and in a Delaware court allege different violations of Samsung patents by Apple than Samsung has made in its earlier suits, a company spokesman in Seoul said.

In announcing the latest moves, Samsung repeated its earlier statements that it would "actively defend our intellectual property."

An Apple spokesman declined to comment.

[sgiitk 32]

And now they are suing htc. Seems that Apple are going after both the Google OEMs.

(Mods please change the thread title)

[Karthik R 246]

It appears Apple may be hiring Photoshop artists alongside lawyers for its legal battle with Samsung Electronics

Webwereld.nl, the Dutch sister site of Computerworld, claims that Apple is using an image of the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone resized to more closely resemble the iPhone 3G. This follows similar claims that Apple had doctored images of the Galaxy Tab to look more like the iPad. The reportedly altered images--which were presented as evidence in court--would place Apple on shaky ground. The company's primary argument is that Samsung's products are "slavish" imitations of Apple's hit mobile devices. But the need to adjust images of Samsung's products would call into question just how similar they are.

thanks : cnet

[ravindra1312 0]

apple is apple u may hate them love them but cant ignore!

Just 1 of the ways of marketting strategies of steve jobs maybe!

Btw i personally fell apple has the finest hardware!

[sgiitk 32]

Now you will soon have the new joker in the pack - Google using its Motorola Mobility hammer. Apparently, Apple may have hell to pay when they start unleashing their 1700+ patents!

[csmart 472]

^ that was the smartest thing for google to do. sgiitk its 14000+ patent portfolio and 6400+ patents applied/pending. so its huge.

[csmart 472]

Apple has rejected Samsung offer in Australia. Read more here...

[sgiitk 32]

Now watch the fun. Apple seems to be running out of ideas with the iPhone 4S in place of the rumoured 5. Also, the only place where Apple now dominates is the iPad. Android has overtaken it in both sales, and free apps.

[Karthik R 246]

Samsung looks to block iPhone 4S sales in France, Italy

Not exactly a shocking development here, but Samsung has just announced that it's looking to block sales of the iPhone 4S throughout France and Italy, opening up yet another frontier in its ongoing patent war with Apple. In a statement, the company confirmed that it will file two preliminary injunction requests in Paris and Milan today, on the grounds that Cupertino's new handset infringes upon two patents related to WCDMA standards for 3G-enabled devices. And it looks like this could only the beginning, with the manufacturer stating that it plans to pursue similar actions in other countries, as well. "Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology," reads Samsung's statement. "We believe it is now necessary to take legal action to protect our innovation." Apple has yet to comment on the filings, but we'll be following the drama very closely.

VIA : Engadget

[sgiitk 32]

Now watch the fun. Apple seems to be running out of ideas with the iPhone 4S in place of the rumoured 5. Also, the only place where Apple now dominates is the iPad. Android has overtaken it in both sales, and free apps.

Now unfortunately this may be terminal. Steve Jobs rest in peace. May God be with you. I saw a new one (at least for me) iPhone being nicknamed Jesus Phone, for the evangelical passion it generated.

Edited October 7, 2011 by sgiitk

[csmart 472]

as expected, court bans sale of Samsung Tablets in Australia.

Australia court bans sale of Samsung tablet in Apple dispute

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In series of bitter patent disputes that span four continents, chalk this up as a victory for Apple: An Australian court has temporarily banned the sale of rival Samsung's latest tablet computer pending resolution of a case involving touch-screen technology.

The federal court judge granted Apple a temporary injunction against Samsung blocking the sale of its Galaxy Tablet 10.1 during a legal battle centering on patents, Reuters reported.

In August, Samsung

agreed to suspend sales in Australia of the tablet until the dispute was resolved with either a settlement or court order. Although on the surface that means the judge's decision won't have an immediate effect on Samsung, it could deal the company a serious blow in the Australian market at the cusp of the crucial holiday shopping season.

The patent wars between the tech companies began in April after Apple sued Samsung in San Francisco for alleged patent infringements over its lines of Galaxy tablets and phones, arguing that they resembled the look and feel of the iPad and iPhone.

The tit for tat spread to Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea. The patent suits have prompted a temporary sales ban on Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Ace smartphones across 30 European countries. Samsung said this month that

it would request a preliminary sales ban on Apple's iPhone 4S in France and Italy because of patent infringement.

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German courts grant injunction against Apple for Motorola patent infringement >> http://www.androidcentral.com/german-courts-grant-injunction-against-apple-motorola-patent-infringement

[rajanmehta 4,056]

Brilliant Infographic - "The Problem With Patents"

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This infographic discusses some of the facts behind the patent industry and how it’s changed as software, technology, and the internet have developed at an incredible pace. I find the information to say a lot about the state of development and innovation; both how important it can be to everyday life, and the problems it can face on a larger scale.

[csmart 472]

Now Kodak joins the party. It has sued Apple, Samsung, Fuji and HTC.

Kodak Sues Samsung in Next Step on ‘Aggressive’ Patent Path

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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Eastman Kodak Co. stepped up its campaign to extract more cash from its patent portfolio, suing Samsung Electronics Co. in a case that claims the Galaxy tablet infringes technology for capturing and sending digital images.

The complaint filed today in federal court in Rochester, New York, where Kodak is based, accuses Samsung of infringing five patents, including one for technology already licensed for Samsung’s mobile phones. The other four are ones that were cited in lawsuits last week against Apple Inc. and HTC Corp.

Kodak said in November that selling or licensing patents, as well as refinancing debt, will help determine its ability to continue operating in the next 12 months as declines in the company’s traditional photography business hurt sales and cash reserves. Kodak last week sued HTC, Apple and Fujifilm Holdings Corp., and also has a case against Research In Motion Ltd.

“We’re continuing on our newly aggressive path” of pursuing licensing revenue from the company’s intellectual property, Christopher Veronda, a Kodak spokesman, said today.

Samsung in 2010 agreed to pay Kodak $550 million to settle another patent dispute in which the Suwon, South Korea-based handset maker had been accused of infringing a patent for a feature that lets users preview images on their cameras using less processing power and storage

The new case is Eastman Kodak Co. v. Samsung Electronics Co., 12cv6036, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Rochester).

Edited January 19, 2012 by csmart

[Karthik R 246]

Karma : a concept in Hinduism which explains causality through a system where beneficial effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions.

source: PCMag

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Google Signs Off on Motorola Lawsuit Seeking Injunction Against iPhone 4S and iCloud

Motorola Mobility has filed a new lawsuit in the Southern District of Florida against Apple, asserting six patents against the iPhone 4S and iCloud. As noted by FOSS Patents, the merger agreement between Google and Motorola Mobility requires the company to get Google's permission before asserting "any Intellectual Property Right in any new Action". As a result, this lawsuit is the closest Apple and Google have come to direct litigation.

All six patents are asserted against the iPhone 4S, with four ('119, '006, '531, and '161) asserted against iCloud. The patents Apple is charged with violating, as assembled by FOSS Patents, are:

U.S. Patent No. 5,710,987 on a "receiver having concealed external antenna"

U.S. Patent No. 5,754,119 on a "multiple pager status synchronization system and method"; Motorola is asserting the European equivalent of this patent against Apple in Mannheim, with a decision (that will likely be favorable for Motorola) scheduled for Friday of next week (February 3, 2012)

U.S. Patent No. 5,958,006 on a "method and apparatus for communicating summarized data"

U.S. Patent No. 6,101,531 on a "system for communicating user-selected criteria filter prepared at wireless client to communication server for filtering data transferred from host to said wireless client"

U.S. Patent No. 6,008,737 on an "apparatus for controlling utilization of software added to a portable communication device"

U.S. Patent No. 6,377,161 on a "method and apparatus in a wireless messaging system for facilitating an exchange of address information"

On its face, the lawsuit is fairly unexceptional -- one of many lawsuits flying around the mobile sector -- but as Google needed to sign off before it could be filed, it could be a signal of the direction Google intends to head if its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility is successful.

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/01/25/google-signs-off-on-motorola-lawsuit-seeking-injunction-against-iphone-4s-and-icloud/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MacRumors-iPhone+%28MacRumors+iPhone+Blog%3A+iOS+News+and+Rumors%29

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Motorola wins permanent injunction against Apple's iCloud in German court (update: products pulled) >> http://www.engadget....-icloud-in-ger/

Motorola today won an injunction against Apple's iCloud. In a decision handed down from the infamous Mannheim Regional Court this morning, Judge Andreas Voss issued a permanent injunction against Cupertino's cloud-based service and any devices that use it, following a complaint that Motorola originally filed in April of last year. The two companies, as you may recall, have been going at each other rather aggressively in Germany, where Motorola scored a similar victory, back in November.

Update: Citing a statement from Apple, Germany's Deutsche Presse-Agentur news agency is now reporting that the company has pulled the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, and the iPhone 4 from its German online store, along with any 3G/UMTS-enabled iPads. The move appears to come in response not to today's ruling, but to a decision issued in December, when Motorola won an injunction against Apple, on the grounds that its 3G/UMTS technology infringes upon one of Moto's European patents. According to FOSS Patents, Apple presumably lost its appeal to the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, after Motorola sought to enforce the injunction.

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Apple sues Motorola over Qualcomm patent licensing agreement

Boy, it's beginning to look like February 10th, 2012, could become known as Legal Friday. After a result in a German case between Motorola and Apple and then news of a new suit between Apple and Samsung, it's now been revealed that Apple has filed suit against Motorola in a San Diego court. Apple claims that Motorola has broken a patent licensing agreement that it has with Qualcomm by bringing a lawsuit against the Cupertino firm in Germany. The iDevice-maker goes on to argue that as a Qualcomm customer, it's a third-party beneficiary of the Moto-Qualcomm deal and that it can't be sued by Motorola because of that agreement. Apple is asking that Motorola be prevented from following through with its claims in Germany.

So there's your latest legal tiff that's emerged out of the world of mobile. It's just the latest one to be added to a pile of cases that's getting tougher to keep track of and, as I mentioned earlier today, it doesn't look like the lawsuits will be slowing any time soon. As for this latest suit between Apple and Motorola, it'll be interesting to see how the court decides to rule and if Apple does end up getting its German case with Motorola tossed. Those of you that are interested in checking out the full complaint can do so right here.

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We are not done here!

Apple hits Samsung with new patent suit in California

Shortly after legal news involving Apple and Motorola surfaced this morning, some more headlines concerning another legal battle between two mobile firms are being made, but this time it's Apple and Samsung that are tangled up. It's been revealed that Apple has brought a new patent lawsuit against Samsung in San Jose. The complaint was filed earlier this week and focuses on a pair of patents held by the Cupertino firm that it received in December. The first, patent number 8,074,172, is said to relate to spelling and autocorrect while the second, patent number 8,086,604, is described as involving a "universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system."

Some of the specifics of the case, like exactly which Samsung products Apple is going after, have yet to be revealed since the majority of the court documents are still sealed tight. This new case is just the latest in a long (and I mean long) list of suits that Apple and Samsung have been trading across the globe, and with this week's new case, it doesn't look like the tiff between the two firms will be stopping any time soon. More on this one as we get it, folks.

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