Perpetual court combatants Apple and Samsung have revealed Their ultimate list of allegations ahead of the trial starting March 31st. Though each started with five disputed patents, Samsung only has four multimedia sync now since the patent was knocked out earlier by Judge Lucy Koh. Also she gave Apple a summary judgment win on its auto-complete IP, putting it ahead before the trial even begins. As for the rest, it’s worth noting That All of Apple’s patents are related to user interaction, while two of Samsung’s are standards-essential (FRAND) patents – Which companies are obligated to license Normally in October Samsung did have one point in its favor However:. The USPTO has agreed to take a second look at the validity of Apple’s patent aforementioned auto-complete
for the devices accused of infringing patents Those, none are very recent models and many aren’t even on the market anymore. However, the historical sales of each will Affect the size of any award Given by the court if an allegation is upheld. That’s a lot of infringement is ultra-popular models like the Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4s, Which have far outsold disputed models from the previous trial (like Samsung’s original Galaxy S). Other names on the list include the Galaxy Nexus and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 from Samsung, along with Apple’s iPad 2, iPad with Retina display (3rd-gen), iPad with Retina display (4th-gen) and iPad Mini (the original, without Retina display). Of course, there’s always the upcoming Negotiations between company CEOs to avoid all that, but … nah, who are we kidding.
Comments
No comments:
Post a Comment