The biggest story on Apple last year was undoubtedly its long lasting courtroom dispute with Korean arch-nemesis Samsung, a story which resolved with a $1.05bn dollar fine in damages for Samsung to pay. The argument began when Apple accused the Korean company of patent infringement on 14 of Samsung’s products. Well, now the two are at it again, with…
Samsung and Apple are set to go to court over yet another dispute in 2014, and in preparation for the inevitable punches that will be thrown, each party has added more devices into its case ammunition. A California judge agreed to add the devices to the case yesterday (Wednesday) after both Apple and Samsung appealed their cases. However, the judge also…
Ever since my job at Today’s iPhone began, one thing has remained constant. Every week, the site is littered with stories of patent litigation, trials, disputes, claims, counter-claims and settlements, and frankly, I’ve had enough. Today, the judge presiding over the current battle between Samsung and Apple in California allowed the two companies…
Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing, will be questioned by Samsung in a post-trial deposition. It was revealed today that Samsung will be allowed a 3-hour period to query Schiller on matters associated with Apple’s requests to ban some of Samsung’s products (which were found by a jury to be in violation of Apple’s…
Samsung must be ruing this decision now, but, before the huge Apple vs. Samsung trial took place in New York this summer, Cupertino had been in touch with the Galaxy makers to suggest a cross-licensing deal. Apple’s devices do make use of Samsung’s UMTS connection technology, and since it’s standards essential, Cupertino offered what it thought was a…
As expected, Samsung isn’t just going to lay down and accept a $1 billion fine. It’s trying everything it can to ensure that it comes away scot-free. You wouldn’t presume anything else would happen with any company in the world. The Korean Tech giant is claiming – within a new post trial filing – that the jury is suspected of misconduct. This claim is…
A South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung have both infringed each other’s patents in designing their respective mobile devices. In what I believe is a legal example of a “cop out”, both parties have been found guilty. Samsung were found to have violated Apple’s “bounce back” function, the feature that makes a page bounce back when you reach…
Having concluded their presentations to the jury in the massive patent trial between Samsung and Apple, the two corporate giants are heading to the table one last time. Tim Cook and Kwon Oh Hyun will talk again in a bid to try and smooth over many of the issues at stake in the trial, before the jury begins its deliberation tomorrow. Bloomberg…
Once more into the breach the courtroom folks, we’re back in San Jose for more patent accusations. Let’s take a look at today’s gossip. Testifying on behalf of Apple, accountant Terry Musika has claimed that by his estimations, over the last two years Samsung has earned $8.16bn from products that infringed Apple patents. Those are some pretty…
So this week marked the beginning of the high stakes trial between Samsung and Apple, and just 5 days in, Apple has called foul over the conduct of Samsung’s lawyers. On Tuesday, Samsung representatives were barred from presenting select pieces of evidence during the opening phase of the trial. Later that day the evidence in question mysteriously…
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