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Friday, August 31, 2012, 12:52 am
Japan court rules Samsung does not infringe Apple patents
A Japan court on Friday ruled against Apple's claim that Samsung infringed on one of its utility patents, handing the Korean company a small victory after its punishing loss in a similar U.S. case.The Tokyo District Court ruled that Samsung's products do not infringe upon an Apple patent for transferring media content between two devices, reports Reuters.
Further reports from Bloomberg note that Judge Tamotsu Shoji handed down the verdict, ruling Samsung’s Galaxy devices including the Galaxy Tab, are not in violation of Apple’s Patent No. 4,204,977 for synchronizing music and video data in devices to servers.
“It’s hard to believe the products belong to the range of technologies of the claimant,” Judge Shoji said, ordering Apple to pay the legal fees associated with the suit.
Apple first sued Samsung in Japan last year, asserting claims against the Galaxy S, Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S II, seeking 100 million yen in damages. The Galaxy lineup is currently sold in Japan by the nation's largest wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo.
The ruling comes on the heels of the landmark Apple v. Samsung U.S. trial that found Samsung in violation of six Apple design and utility patents. Apple was ultimately awarded over $1 billion and is now seeking a permanent sales ban against eight infringing devices.
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Apple is one and only evil in this industry.
if apple become vanish, there are no patent war in smart phone/tablet world.
Remeber, Apple is one who pursue this way.
Samsung, Moto, HTC, Android are defense move.
Oh, you're back. I'm so thrilled. How'd you take the utter failure of your company? Please don't devolve into slapppy-level "Apple will fail, just watch" comments.
Apple is the one that wanted Samsung to license things. Samsung did not. Samsung is the one that chose lawsuits.
D-E-L-U-D-E-D:
You can't spell it without the numbers "8", "4", "5", "0", "3" and "2".
Android is one of the many evils in this industry.
If Android wasn't created from stolen IP, there'd be no patent war in smartphone/tablet world.
Remember, Android was the one that decided to enter the mobile market whilst having a CEO on Apple's Board of Directors that forgot to mention that they were doing so.
Samsung, Moto, HTC, Android are only counter-suing to try and deter Apple from protecting their IP, hence the reason why they sue second.
Samsung was punished by American court because they stole and got caught.
Fixed that for you.
Hell, I even fixed your rotten punctuation and grammar for free.
Apple is one and only evil in this industry.
if apple become vanish, there are no patent war in smart phone/tablet world.
Remeber, Apple is one who pursue this way.
Samsung, Moto, HTC, Android are defense move.
Samsung punished by american court, because they are foreign company who challenge america's most biggest company.
Oh my. I will have to think this one through. Lets see....... Ok I'm done. Your wrong. Wow I feel so much better. It's like a huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders.
Oh, you're back. I'm so thrilled. How'd you take the utter failure of your company? Please don't devolve into slapppy-level "Apple will fail, just watch" comments.
Apple is the one that wanted Samsung to license things. Samsung did not. Samsung is the one that chose lawsuits.
To license round corners with a over-price is like to steal. Rectangular devices with round corners existed before Apple.
Apple is very scared about how fast is going Samsung.
Check this video, keep it until iphone5 appear and compare it. If you are very sure about Apple, why dont do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DcgZum8M1o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sorry for my english. It is not my native languaje and I am a bit tired to try to write everything correctly.
Apple is one and only evil in this industry.
if apple become vanish, there are no patent war in smart phone/tablet world.
Remeber, Apple is one who pursue this way.
Samsung, Moto, HTC, Android are defense move.
Samsung punished by american court, because they are foreign company who challenge america's most biggest company.
You feel lonely. Some one please help this poor man before I start to cry. Oh no its too late or is that to late? Maybe two late's. Or is that pronounced lattes' LOL. Yes its a sad day indeed to spell wrong and be wrong at the same time.
Moto are defense move.
Moto are attack.
Apple are defence move, being after attack of Moto before them.
Moto want ban X-box too.
Attack because they invent H.264 they say.
"....Apple is the one that wanted Samsung to license things. Samsung did not. Samsung is the one that chose lawsuits."
Do you really believe Apple "wanted" Samsung to license? That offer might just be lawyering. Apple knew that offering a license would eventually help in court. It established a price for a court to work with. It was a price that Apple knew Samsung, with lower margins, either couldn't or wouldn't likely pay. Samsung couldn't counter either because that would be an admission.
Do you really believe Apple "wanted" Samsung to license? That offer might just be lawyering. Apple knew that offering a license would eventually help in court. It established a price for a court to work with. It was a price that Apple knew Samsung, with lower margins, either couldn't or wouldn't likely pay. Samsung couldn't counter either because that would be an admission.
Lawyering backed up by documentary evidence that proved it.
I believe the documents, as did the jury, the judge and going on the lack of objections, Samsung's lawyers.
Fact is Samsung did not want to negotiate, leaving Apple little choice but to litigate.
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This proves that Samsung didn't steal Apple's ideas of a rectangle with rounded edges!
It also proves that Samsung's CEO's Ferrari isn't stolen: http://jalopnik.com/5938587/does-the-billionaire-ceo-of-samsung-own-a-stolen-15-million-ferrari
/sarcasm