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 […]
Samsung licenses InterDigital patents
Samsung and InterDigital Inc. have finally decided to settle their ongoing patent litigation and enter into a licensing agreement. The 8-K filed by InterDigital Inc. with the SEC reveals the settlement but does not give a hint on the monetary compensation. The filing does confirm that the royalty-bearing license agreement will resolve pending litigations between […]
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 […]
Samsung files a suit against Dyson over Vacuum Cleaner design
Samsung has sued UK-based Dyson over a vacuum cleaner design patent, reports MK News. Samsung is claiming 10 billion won ($9.4 million) in damages and alleges Dyson to hamper “Samsung’s reputation through malicious suits.” Last year, Dyson had filed a case against Samsung over the design of Motion Sync vacuum cleaner that Samsung had introduced. […]