AppleInsider StaffThe 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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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
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.
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".