Apple claims that Samsung is infringing on at least 4 of its major design patents, 3 of its feature patents with over 20 different devices. While it all sounds kind of complicated and confusing, a single gigantic chart easy enough to understand (shown below), gives you a good idea about just how many patents we're talking...
Leading industrial designer Peter Bressler, former president of the Industrial Designers Society and the founder of product design firm Bresslergroup, said in a testimony for Apple today that Samsung is clearly infringing on multiple patents with its phones & tablets and that consumers could easily confuse one of Samsung's devices with Apple's (via CNET). He further argued that one...
As the crucial Samsung vs. Apple patents battle began in San Jose federal court this week, Samsung tried to convince the jury that before Apple unveiled the first iPhone, it was pursuing a design inspired by a device from Sony. In response, Apple submitted another iPhone prototype code named ”Purple” which indicated it was designed several months before the...
Yesterday, a new court filing made by Apple regarding the ongoing patent battle with Samsung revealed that company's gross margins on the iPad were much lower between April 2010 and the end of March 2012 as compared to the iPhone in U.S., as reported by Reuters. Apple earned gross margins of 49 to 58 percent...
A recent publication by AllThingsD highlights Apple's argument in the ongoing patents war with Samsung Electronics that the Korean tech giant deliberately copied iPhone’s and iPad’s iconic designs as well as their intuitive user interfaces, even though Google warned the company about great similarity in design of Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab with respective iOS devices. Apple...
Recent court filings in the ongoing U.S. patent and design dispute between Apple and Samsung have revealed that Apple is demanding $2.5 billion in damages from the Korean company over alleged infringement of its design patents, FOSS Patents is reporting. The source points out that the largest part of Apple's $2.5 billion claim is related to Apple's demand for...
Samsung's lawyers today briefed that Qualcomm, which supplies chips to Apple, had an agreement with the Korean tech giant which was first signed back in 1993, that it would not sue Qualcomm or its customers (e.g Apple) for infringement on Samsung's 3G patents. However, Samsung terminated the agreement in April 2011 when Apple first filed proceedings against...
Just over a week ago, U.K. judge ruled in favor of Samsung saying that its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple’s iPad and therefore the design for Samsung’s three Galaxy tablets doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design. Following up on the ruling, the judge has now instructed Apple to run ads on its website and...
Last month, Apple was granted two preliminary injunctions against Samsung's products over violation of patents, one banning sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and another to ban Galaxy Nexus sales across the United States. Interestingly, Apple is now engaging in enforcement activities and is writing letters to U.S carriers and retailers that are selling these banned products to immediately remove them from all their shops...
Last Monday, U.S District Judge Lucy Koh denied Samsung's request to lift ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab sales in the region. However, a U.K. judge has ruled in favor of Samsung today saying that its Galaxy tablets aren’t “cool” enough to be confused with Apple's iPad and therefore the design for Samsung's three Galaxy tablets doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design,...
Just days before last month's court-mediated meeting between Apple and Samsung CEOs, the Cupertino giant filed a new injunction against Samsung, requesting an immediate ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States. Well, it looks like Apple has just got its biggest victory yet against its Korean competitor, as U.S Judge Lucy Koh has issued a...
Apple filed a preliminary injunction last week in California requesting a ban on Samsung's next flagship phone, the Galaxy S III, which is set to be launched in U.S on June 21. However, Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California has said that she's too busy to hear Apple's request for a ban on Galaxy S III before 30th of June,...
