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  The Hague court yesterday rejected Samsung’s 3G patent infringement claim against Apple. The court ruled that Samsung cannot ask for licensing fees from Apple for use of Qualcomm baseband chips since Samsung has a licensing deal with Qualcomm. However, on the bright side, they can claim their rights if Apple uses an Intel chip. [...]

  Samsung today filed another lawsuit against Apple Inc. in South Korea. The new lawsuit alleges Apple’s iPad 2 and iPhone 4S to infringe three of Samsung’s patents. All the patents in question are utility patents related to “methods of displaying data, user interface and short text messages.” Meanwhile, Apple has reportedly put forth a [...]

  The regional court in Mannheim just gave their decision on the lawsuits filed by both Apple and Samsung. The court rejected claims of two different lawsuits, one which alleged Samsung to violate Apple’s slide-to-unlock technology and other relating to the 3G patent which Samsung felt was violated by Apple. We’ll add more details as [...]

  Apple filed a new lawsuit against Samsung last week alleging a number of Samsung products to infringe on their patents. This time, Apple is targeting devices about 18 products including Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0 PMPs etc. Apple alleges that despite the previous lawsuit [...]

  The Dusseldorf Regional Court today gave the final verdict with respect to sales ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1N filed by Apple. The court concluded that unlike the original Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Galaxy Tab 10.1N differs in looks from the Apple iPad and is allowed to sell in the German market. The Galaxy Tab [...]

  Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has upheld the original decision that bars Samsung to sell Galaxy Tab 10.1 (including Galaxy Tab 8.9) in Germany. The decision today was surprisingly, not influenced by any design patent infringement. In fact, the court announced its decision on the basis of a violation of German unfair competition law. As [...]

  German court today ruled that Apple does not infringe on one of Samsung’s patents. This decision is another blow to Samsung considering the court handed out a similar decision last week. Incidentally, both complaints were related to wireless telecommunications standard. Samsung has however, hinted to appeal to a higher court after they receive the [...]

  German court today rejected Samsung’s patent infringement claim against Apple. The ruling by the court covers one patent infringement claim out of the seven filed by Samsung in Germany and is related to wireless communication standard. Foss Patents notes the ruling did not include any reasoning but could be based on FRAND terms. Samsung [...]

  Eastman Kodak has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics alleging infringement of digital imaging patents. Kodak filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court and alleges that some Samsung Galaxy Tabs infringe on Kodak-owned patents. The five Kodak patents in question are as follows: U.S. Patent No. 6,292,218 – “Electronic Camera For Initiating Capture of [...]

  Samsung and Apple’s high profile legal battle took a new turn today. In Germany, Apple has filed two complaints with the Dusseldorf Regional Court to ban ten Samsung mobile phones and five tablets. The list includes successful devices like Galaxy S II and Galaxy S Plus. The trial for both complaints will be held [...]