The jury in the US case back in August last year awarded Apple a sum of $1.05 billion in damages but judge Lucy Koh reduced the awarded damages by $450.5 million citing a miscalculation on part of the jury. A retrial was ordered and a new jury has now given their decision – Samsung has […]
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Google, Samsung and others get sued by Apple-owned consortium
Rockstar, a consortium owned by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony has sued Google, Samsung and six other companies for infringing Nortel patents, which the consortium bought. The consortium has filed lawsuits against Google for its Android OS and even against Google’s partners like Samsung, HTC, Huawei, ZTE, LG, Pantech, Asustek since they manufacture devices […]
Obama administration upholds ITC ban against Samsung
Samsung’s last hope to overturn the ITC import and sale ban was shattered today as the Obama administration failed to veto the original decision. US Trade Representative confirmed that he decided to keep the ban in effect “after carefully weighing policy considerations…advice from agencies and information from interested parties”. While the import ban is demoralising […]
Samsung Display and LG to settle patent disputes
After a year of drama, Samsung Display and LG Display have agreed their settle their differences related to display technologies. Both companies will settle their ongoing lawsuits and work together to increase their “competitiveness globally” by “cooperation, instead of engaging in all-consuming patent disputes”. Both companies sued and countersued each other over display technologies related […]
Dyson sues Samsung for its Vacuum Cleaner design
UK-based Dyson has filed a complaint against Samsung for its newly announced Motion Sync vacuum cleaner. Dyson claims Samsung’s latest cleaning product uses steering mechanism similar to the one Dyson patented in 2009. Announced at IFA, Samsung says the Motion Sync vacuum cleaner’s canister body swivels separately from the wheels that allows faster and better […]