Apple has lost the latest round of its global legal battle with South Korean rival Samsung. A Japanese court ruled Friday that Samsung did not steal the technology used in Apple’s iPhones and iPads for its own Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers. Samsung welcomed the Tokyo District Court’s rejection of Apple’s claim, saying it confirms […]
Japanese Court Rejects Apple’s Patent Claim Against Samsung
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1 Billion
A U.S. jury has ruled that South Korea’s Samsung Electronics infringed on several patents for mobile devices owned by the U.S. company Apple, in the latest stage of a multibillion dollar global legal battle between the two technology powerhouses. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages […]
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1 Billion
A U.S. jury has awarded a victory to U.S. technology giant Apple, saying that its South Korean rival, Samsung Electronics, infringed on several patents for mobile devices. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages in its decision Friday. Samsung is likely to appeal the verdict, which […]
US Jury Orders Samsung To Pay Apple $1.05 Billion
A U.S. jury has awarded a victory to U.S. technology giant Apple, saying that its South Korean rival Samsung Electronics infringed on its patents for mobile devices. The jury in the state of California awarded Apple more than a billion dollars in damages. Apple claimed that Samsung illegally copied designs of its popular iPhone and […]
S.Korean Court Gives Split Decision in Apple-Samsung Case
A South Korean court has ruled that U.S. technology giant Apple and its South Korean rival Samsung Electronics have infringed each other’s patents for mobile devices. The Seoul court said Friday that Apple infringed on two Samsung wireless patents, while Samsung violated one of Apple’s design patents. It awarded small damages to each side and […]
Apple-Samsung Patent Dispute Heads to US Trial
The world’s two biggest makers of smartphones — U.S.-based Apple and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics — are squaring off in a U.S. court over competing patent rights claims for the lucrative devices. Billions of dollars are at stake in the dispute that will be decided by a jury in California, not far from Apple’s headquarters. […]
Australian Court Lifts Ban on Samsung Tablet
An Australian court has lifted the ban on the sale of Samsung’s latest tablet computer, rejecting an attempt by rival Apple to have the ban extended because of alleged patent infringement. Samsung executive Tyler McGee says the ruling allows the South Korea technology giant to offer its Galaxy 10.1 device to Australian customers in time […]
Australian Court Lifts Ban on Samsung Tablet
An Australian court has lifted the ban on the sale of Samsung’s latest tablet computer, rejecting an attempt by rival Apple to have the ban extended because of alleged patent infringement. The ruling allows the South Korea technology giant to offer its Galaxy 10.1 device to Australian customers in time for the Christmas shopping season. […]
Australia Court Rules Against Samsung in Apple Fight
A court in Australia has temporarily banned sales of Samsung’s latest tablet computer as part of a global legal battle with Apple over patents used in smartphones and other mobile computer equipment. The court ruled Thursday that Samsung cannot sell the latest version of its Galaxy tablet until a final resolution of the legal dispute […]
Samsung Seeks to Block iPhone Sales in Europe
South Korean technology giant Samsung is threatening legal action to prevent U.S.-based rival Apple from selling its latest iPhone in France and Italy. In a statement Wednesday, the company says it will file preliminary injunctions in the two countries, accusing Apple of infringing its patents on wireless communications technology. Samsung says Apple has continued to […]