UPDATE: As on March 28, Sharp has allotted 35,804,000 shares to Samsung Electronics Japan. [PDF Link] Sharp today announced that they’ve formed a capital alliance with the Japanese subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. Under the alliance, Samsung will invest 10.4 billion yen (approx. US$112 million) and will receive shares equivalent to 3.08 percent and thus ensure […]
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US Judge reduces patent infringement damages by $450.5 million
The jury in the US case back in August last year awarded Apple a sum of $1.05 billion in damages as they found Samsung infringing iPhone maker’s patents. But according to the latest news judge Lucy Koh has reduced the awarded damages by $450.5 million. The reason for reducing the damages were that the jury […]
Samsung Smart Signage Platform is a cloud-based solution for businesses
Samsung is showcasing their Smart Signage Platform at the Digital Signage Expo (DSE) that makes it easier for marketers to use digital signage. The open-source solution, Samsung believes, will simplify digital signage deployment as well as facilitate the growth of new application ecosystem with SDK support. The platform is embedded with an SoC featuring dual-core […]
Japan court rules in favour of Apple
UPDATE: Bloomberg has shared some more details about the verdict. Judge rejected Samsung’s request to ban Apple devices sales because they didn’t negotiate “sincerely.” Tokyo Court today ruled against Samsung in a lawsuit filed by the Korean giant against Apple. The court found Apple did not infringe any mobile-related patents claimed by Samsung. Samsung however, […]
Samsung and LG Display to start negotiations from March
Samsung and LG Display both took a positive step forward when they requested the court to drop the injunction and now the companies will begin “working-level talks” as early as next month. What the talks will entail is anyone’s guess but the executives have hinted a possible cross-licensing agreement. “Overall, we are considering cross-licensing patents. […]