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Samsung and LG to settle display patent litigation
Samsung Display and LG Display who’ve been waging a legal war in South Korea will try and settle their ongoing patent litigation through negotiation. This piece of info comes after executives from both Samsung Display and LG Display met in a hotel and decided to resolve the issues. According to Samsung’s Kim Ki-nam, they’ll try [...]
South Korean court rules in favour of Samsung chairman in the inheritance suit
The inheritance lawsuit involving Samsung Electronics chairman, Lee Kun-hee and his family members has come to an end. The Seoul Central District Court judge ruled that Lee Kun-hee will be able to retain more than $1 billion of stock in Samsung Electronics and Samsung Life whereas Samsung Everland, where Lee is the biggest shareholder in [...]
US Judge says Samsung did not infringe patents wilfully
US Judge Lucy Koh has ruled that Samsung hasn’t infringed Apple’s patents wilfully. The jury verdict last August claimed Samsung to infringe seven Apple patents, out of which five were wilful. However, Koh was of the opinion that Apple had to prove Samsung’s intentions to infringe a valid patent and since Samsung argued that Apple’s [...]
Galaxy Tab does not infringe Apple patents, rules Dutch court
The Hague court in Netherlands have sided with Samsung by ruling that the Galaxy Tab does not infringe said Apple patents. The Dutch court cited rulings from the UK court that stated the same but without the penalty of the UK court that ordered Apple to publish a statement on the website and advertise sharing [...]
LG Display wants a ban on Galaxy Note 10.1 sales in South Korea
The back and forth between LG Display and Samsung continues as LG Display has now filed an injunction request seeking a ban on Galaxy Note 10.1. In the injunction filed with the Seoul district court, LG alleges Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 to infringe three display patents and wants a ban on sales of the tablet [...]
Samsung files a complaint with USITC against Ericsson
Samsung has filed a new complaint with the US International Trade Commission (USITC) seeking a ban on sales of Ericsson products. Samsung says Ericsson’s telecommunications networking equipment infringe seven of its patents and want a ban on the sales of those equipment in the United States. Samsung also said that they tried to negotiate in [...]
Samsung withdraws injunction request against Apple in Europe [Updated]
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UPDATE: Samsung won’t exactly drop the lawsuit but just the sales ban request. Samsung will continue to litigate to seek monetary compensation. Samsung has confirmed that they’ll drop the ongoing lawsuits against Apple in Germany, UK, France, Italy and the Netherlands. Samsung is withdrawing its case related to standard essential patents and in a [...]
US Judge denies injunction against Samsung products
Some good news for Samsung from the stateside. US District Judge Lucy Koh has thrown Apple’s request to ban the sales of Samsung Galaxy products in United States. After the jury verdict that awarded Apple a sum of $1.05 billion in damages, Apple wanted a permanent injunction on 26 Samsung Galaxy devices. But Koh [...]
Samsung files a lawsuit against LG Display over PLS technology
Samsung and LG Display have been at war over display patents and the latest one sees Samsung suing LG Display over the use of plane-to-line (PLS) technology. Samsung wants the court to invalidate seven LG patents and is seeking a sales ban on the products that infringe the relevant patents. According to Samsung, they [...]
Samsung wants to add iPad mini to lawsuit, gets to see Apple-HTC settlement details
Samsung has filed a new motion in the US court requesting to add latest Apple products like iPad mini, 4th generation iPad and 5th generation iPod touch. The request for inclusion is after the judge recently approved Samsung and Apple’s requests to add iPhone and Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy S III and Galaxy Nexus [...]