Apple to drop patent claims against Samsung phone
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Samsung was ordered by a US jury in August to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for copying iPhone and iPad features
AFP
NEW YORK —
Apple has agreed to drop its patent claims against Samsung’s Galaxy S III Mini after the South Korean rival said it would not sell the gadget in the United States, a court filing showed Friday.
The announcement is the latest twist in a patent battle between the two tech titans.
Last month, Apple asked that a series of Samsung products—including the Galaxy S III—be added to the patent infringement suit between the mobile giants.
“Apple will agree to withdraw without prejudice its request to include the Galaxy S III Mini in this case given Samsung’s representation that it is not making, using, selling, offering to sell or importing that product into the United States,” the company said in its latest federal court filing in San Jose, California.
Samsung, the world’s top mobile and smartphone maker, was ordered by a U.S. jury in August to pay Apple $1.05 billion in damages for illegally copying iPhone and iPad features for its flagship Galaxy S smartphones.
It has appealed the ruling, depicting the verdict as “a loss” for consumers and contending that Apple had “manipulated” the patent system.
Since then, two separate rulings by courts in Japan and the Netherlands have dismissed Apple’s claims of patent infringement.
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lwsydney
I can't believe they even listened to apple in he first place. How ridiculous it would be if Calvin Klein sued Fruit of the Loom or something saying "They stole our elastic waistbands idea!" Apple just wants to knock out the competition, plain and simple.
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gokai_wo_maneku
That is how it works in the US: sue!
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overchan
I AGREE.my galaxy looks like an Iphone. Im sure its a ripoff somehow.
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Dutchduck
This was meant sarcastically right?
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guuzendesu
I don't know many details, but the few that have been told are a little ridiculous on apple's part. If you asked a bunch of 5-year-olds to specify how a touch-sensitive device should work, they would probably run afoul of apple's patents. If you design the most intuitive interface possible, you have to expect that other people might think of making it the same way. That's what "intuitive" means. I can understand their argument over the "bounce-back" feature and similar, but come on. There are only so many ways you can do something on a touch screen.
I bet somewhere in apple's legal arsenal, they're sitting on a patent for making the phones flat, instead of cube-shaped.
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Stephen Jez
Looks like Apple is back to it's old tricks. When it's "innovation" starts to wane they start getting sue happy in order to keep their products on top. I see a bleak future for Apple "innovation".
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Joseph Garrett Baxter
Apple will be here for a long time. Steve Jobs left the company with innovative ideas that would come to market over the next 5 years.
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technosphere
Looking at all those dirty games initiated by Apple, I will buy products of Samsung.
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Joseph Garrett Baxter
Apple has not done any more dirty games than any other big company out there. All these cos are dirty to start with. To say one is less dirty than another one is a bunch of bs.
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Matthew Simon
I don't get why Samsung needs to pay anything. That is like Dell suing Apple for making and laptop with MAC OS.
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basroil
Matthew SimonDec. 30, 2012 - 10:18PM JST
Actually a bit different, but yes, the current patent office is ridiculously broken.
Joseph Garrett BaxterDec. 30, 2012 - 11:58AM JST
The only things he left apple with is a massive lawsuit that will eventually tarnish the company's image. ip5 and ipad mini are two things he absolutely hated, one has a standard 16:9 screen that breaks compatibility, the other is a 7" tablet that he said would never sell and had too much compromise.
Joseph Garrett BaxterDec. 30, 2012 - 03:04PM JST
They patented a box with rounded corners even if a dozen systems had that design. You can't get much more evil than to sue others for common sense, using a "patent" that doesn't even cover technical details (like exact angles and curve sizes)
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zichi
Over the festive shopping, the iPad was the most bought tablet in America, followed by Nexus. The iPad mini was a winner for many shoppers. Windows Surface tablet don't even get a mention in the computer mag reports. The next generation of iPad, the iPad 5 will have the same screen size has the previous iPads.
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zichi
In Japan, the iPhone is the top selling smart phone.
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