patent trial

Apple and Samsung will each get two hours tomorrow to make a case to jurors on whether the $2 billion case is actually a war over Google’s Android operating system as they near the end of their second U.S. patent trial. The closing arguments for the trial were originally supposed to take place today, however...

Apple has made the move everyone following its patent battle with Samsung has been expecting: the company has filed a notice of cross-appeal in the first Samsung patent case, reports Florian Müller of Foss Patents. The company's appeal relates to the final judgment and "all interlocutory orders and all decisions that have anything to do...

Before they sit down to hold court-mediated meetings, Apple and Samsung are preparing for a second round of major patent litigation, which will kick off on March 31. They have filed the final list of patents and products they are accusing each other of infringing, Foss Patents reports. Last year both parties were forced to...

Apple has scored an important legal victory over Samsung: the Seoul Central District Court has dismissed a lawsuit claiming the iPhone maker's iPad 2, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5 infringe three Samsung patents, throwing out the latter's $100 million damages claim, Reuters reports. The victory was celebrated by Apple, especially because the company has won...

Another chapter closed yesterday in the series of Apple vs. Samsung patent infringement trials in favour of the Cupertino company: The federal jury restored most of the amount cut from last year's $1.05 billion verdict, as it awarded $290 million in damages to the iPhone maker. As it turns out, Apple used the same tactics...