With all the bad blood between Samsung and Apple, we thought this day would take an eternity but nevertheless, both Samsung and Apple have agreed to drop their ongoing patent lawsuits outside the United States. The surprising decision came today where the companies issued a joint statement confirming to drop the lawsuits in eight countries […]
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Samsung and Apple drop patent appeal case at the ITC
Last week, Samsung and Apple decided to drop the appeal of their patent infringement case at the US International Trade Commission. This is a positive step from both the companies as they have been entangled in a legal battle for few years. Samsung dropped the appeal where they were trying to reverse the ITC sales […]
Apple does not infringe Samsung patent says Japan court
Tokyo District Court today ruled that Apple won’t have to pay any damages to Samsung as the iPhone maker didn’t infringe on any Samsung patent. Samsung claimed Apple’s iPhone 4s, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 infringed their data communication patents but Judge Koji Hasegawa thought otherwise. Expectedly, Samsung is not happy with the verdict and […]
Settlement talks between Samsung and Apple reportedly failed
Reports coming out of South Korea claim that CEO of Apple and Samsung Electronics – Tim Cook and JK Shin respectively met last week to settle their multi-year ongoing global lawsuit. The outcome however, was unfavourable to both the parties as Korean outlets claim that the settlement talks fell apart and will expectedly head back […]
US Department Of Justice ends investigation against Samsung
Back in 2012, Samsung’s legal tussle with Apple had attracted attention from the US Department Of Justice who demanded a probe on Samsung’s patents. Now Reuters reports that the department has decided to put an end to the investigation. The investigation involved Samsung’s use of essential patents to sue Apple but since the decision on […]