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Hope so cause Samsung is way better than Crapple.
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all apple fanboys gtfo Samsung is being sued quote for quote "their Phones are a ...
Tokyo court hands Samsung a win over Apple
Peter Clarke
8/31/2012 7:04 AM EDT
LONDON – A Tokyo court has found Samsung not guilty of infringing Apple's intellectual property, in contrast to a jury decision and a $1.05 billion damage award in Apple's favor in a California court last week.
Tokyo district court judge Tamotsu Shoji rejected on Friday (Aug. 31) Apple's claim that Samsung's products infringe patents related to synchronization of media files.
A week before a nine-person U.S. federal jury had found that many of Samsung's phones infringe most of two design and three utility patents held by Apple. However, the U.S. jury found that Samsung's tablets do not infringe Apple's iPad design patent.
"We welcome the court's decision, which confirmed our long-held position that our products do not infringe Apple's intellectual property," Reuters quoted Samsung as saying in a statement following the verdict from the Tokyo court.
The court case in Japan was not as broad as that conducted in the U.S., focusing only on a synchronization feature. Nonetheless it could have prevented the sale of Samsung Galaxy mobile phones, albeit older ones targeted by Apple, in Japan. The ruling leaves the way open for Samsung to continue selling smartphones in the Japanese market where it has been beating Apple in volume, the Financial Times said. Apple had been asking for comparatively modest damages of 100 million yen (about $1.3 million) the report said.
Unlike in South Korea and the United States, Japan rules case-by-case. Six other issues are yet to be ruled on by the Tokyo court, according to a Korea Times report. Samsung and Apple are also fighting in courts in Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands.
The Japanese decision in favor of Samsung in Japan is likely to provide further encouragement for Samsung to appeal the U.S. decision. The U.S. judge set Sept. 20 as the date for hearing to determine whether to set an injunction against Samsung selling in the U.S. any of the products that court found to be infringing. Those products are generally a set of about 12 Samsung Galaxy S and S II handset models.
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Robotics Developer
8/31/2012 10:15 AM EDT
I think it is interesting that the approach in Japan is case by case basis instead of the entire set of claims being addressed at once. In all the details of the US ruling (which I only vaguely read) was this singular file synchronization feature found to be infringing on the Apple patent? Also, I found myself wondering if the judging standards/laws are different between the US and Japan. That could have a bearing on the decision in the US/Japan cases as well as whether Samsung should appeal the US ruling (which I would expect them to do anyway - just good practice).
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wilber_xbox
8/31/2012 12:22 PM EDT
So, if the decision is case by case basis then if Samsung is found infringing on any of the six counts then would it impact Samsung as severe as in US?
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chanj
8/31/2012 12:33 PM EDT
The lawsuit will, no doubt, contribute to the rise the overall operational cost to the company. The cost will likely pass down to consumer. At the end who's going to benefit.
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eewiz
8/31/2012 2:24 PM EDT
True. on the other side I can argue, innovators didnt lose hope that their inventions cant be protected and hence they will keep innovating which will benefit the consumers.
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mike.seiler
8/31/2012 5:05 PM EDT
The only thing Apple innovated was their marketing approach. They have their fan base so convinced they invented all the tech in their products they repeat this over and over on internet forums.
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WW Thinker
9/1/2012 2:28 AM EDT
A patent and legal system should aim to prevent is theft by copying, such as stealing the technology of a competitor's product, or creating such a conscious, copycat duplication that one product can be confused with another, thus letting the profits of an originator be taken by an imitator. Samsung did not do this.
See the link: http://www.informationweek.com/mobility/smart-phones/apple-worked-a-broken-patent-system/240006568?pgno=1
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Treecat23
9/6/2012 4:05 PM EDT
all apple fanboys gtfo Samsung is being sued quote for quote "their Phones are a square with rounded edges" Apparently apple patented the square and the U.S. accepted it. So come sue me my table is a square.
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markhahn
8/31/2012 5:04 PM EDT
oh, come on folks. we're not talking about real innovation here. apple is litigating things like rounded-off rectangles and bounce/stretch cues for when you scroll off the end. these are OBVIOUS, and should never have been given the fig leaf of a patent in the first place.
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t.alex
9/1/2012 8:15 PM EDT
What's exactly this file synchronisation feature anyway ?
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Sanjib.Acharya
9/2/2012 6:37 AM EDT
Does that mean Samsung could continue to sell the models, which are banned by the California court, to other countries like Japan which would provide judgement in favour of Samsung?
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Treecat23
9/6/2012 4:06 PM EDT
Hope so cause Samsung is way better than Crapple.
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