Apple v. Samsung: tech’s most vicious patent war returns to court – The Verge

After jury verdict, Apple seeks Samsung sales ban and retrial for more damages

2014-05-24T18:09:02-04:00

Apple may have been awarded $119.6 million in damages from Samsung for the latest patent spat between the two tech giants, but the Cupertino-based company is looking to get that final number modified to a value closer to the $2.191 billion it originally requested. In a wholly expected move for a patent dispute such as this, Apple filed documents in court yesterday to seek a permanent injunction against a number of older Samsung phones that a jury last month determined to infringe a couple of Apple's software patents.

The devices include the Admire, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy S II …

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Apple cites ‘jihadist’ and ‘Vietnam’ insults as Samsung settlement hope fades

2014-05-20T03:47:46-04:00

Not even a day after a new report that Apple and Samsung had resumed settlement talks, lawyers from both sides have expressed difficulties with one another. As part of a court-mandated update from the pair, following the conclusion of their second major US trial earlier this month, lawyers from both companies said settlement talks had not only been a failure in the past, but were stymied by actions following the trial.

Samsung's top lawyer called the protracted trial "Apple's Vietnam"

For Apple, that includes statements made by Samsung's lead attorney John Quinn, who referred to Apple as a "jihadist" and called the protracted trial "Apple's …

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Apple’s $119.6 million verdict against Samsung remains, even after new damage calculations

2014-05-05T14:30:37-04:00

After additional deliberations, the jury who decided the second month-long trial between Apple and Samsung last week awarded Apple an additional $4.02 million for damages involving Samsung's Galaxy S2 smartphone and an Apple patent covering an autocorrect feature, reports Recode. However the group also readjusted damages figures from other parts of the form, resulting in a total amount that did not change.

The jury left the box blank

That Galaxy S2 smartphone was found to infringe Apple's '647 patent, which turns addresses and phone numbers into links. In its calculations, however, the group did not include damages related to a separate Appl …

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Samsung found to infringe Apple patents for over $119 million in damages

2014-05-02T20:10:19-04:00

After three full days of deliberations, a jury in San Jose, California found that Samsung had infringed upon two Apple patents, and that it owed the Cupertino company $119,625,000 in damages. But it also found that Apple had infringed on one of Samsung's two patents, and owed $158,400 as a result.

In a decision, the jury said Samsung primarily infringed on two of Apple's five patents, the '647 and '721 patent covering features that turned addresses and phone numbers into links, and Apple's slide to unlock patent respectively. On the flip side, the jury said three models of the iPhone, and two models of the iPod touch infringed on a Samsung pa …

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Apple v. Samsung jury questions Steve Jobs conversations, Google connection

2014-04-30T14:53:57-04:00

In a note today, the jurors deciding the case between Apple and Samsung said they wanted to know exactly what late Apple CEO Steve Jobs said when deciding to pursue the legal fight against the South Korean electronics giant. The group also said it wanted to know specifically if Google was mentioned as part of that discussion, a notable detail in a case where the Android-maker is not named but has brought its employees to testify on Samsung's behalf.

"What did Steve Jobs say?"

"What did Steve Jobs say at the moment he directed, or decided to prosecute, a case against Samsung?" the group asked in a note. "Was Google mentioned, and/or included …

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Samsung once again leans on Google’s Android for help in closing argument

2014-04-29T15:05:41-04:00

After being called a copycat and a coward by Apple earlier today, Samsung traded barbs of its own, saying flat out that it didn't copy, while once again arguing that the lawsuit between the two companies was really about Apple and Google.

"We didn't copy. Samsung didn't copy. They weren't told to copy. The engineers … they didn't copy," said Bill Price, one of four attorneys presenting the company's closing arguments today. "Every patent which Apple claims is infringed in this case, is infringed with the basic Google Android software," Price continued. "They choose the Galaxy Nexus of infringing every one of their five patents here. And you …

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Apple blasts Samsung over originality, bravery in closing trial arguments

2014-04-29T13:12:44-04:00

Apple wrapped up its side of a wide-ranging case against Samsung in court today, accusing it one last time of copying five features that it says ended up in millions of phones sold to US consumers.

"Let's remember how we got here."

"Let's remember how we got here," Harold McElhinny, Apple's top lawyer told jurors. "We are here because of a series of decisions by Samsung Electronics." One of those was "month after month of frenzied activity" to copy features, he said, pointing to internal Samsung documents dug up during the trial that put prerelease Samsung devices side by side with the iPhone, and asked for changes to features and designs.

"W …

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Apple and Samsung will go into overtime to address key patent issue in court

2014-04-25T19:52:24-04:00

Apple and Samsung will get a little more time in court than originally planned, after a California judge said both sides should be able to present additional evidence clarifying the wording associated with one of Apple's patents.

Earlier in the day, the two companies concluded the evidence portion of the trial following approximately 50 hours of testimony and cross-examination that was spread across nearly four weeks. But shortly after court kicked off, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision effectively reviving a separate case between Apple and Motorola that involved one of the patents in this case. As part of th …

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Apple and Samsung finish testimony as second patent trial nears its end

2014-04-25T13:25:57-04:00

Apple and Samsung got their last chance to get testimony in, just days before a jury will begin deciding a case where billions of dollars potentially hang in the balance. The evidence portion of the month-long trial between the two companies wrapped up today with just a single witness from each company. As soon as Monday next week, both sides then present their final arguments, which will be one last time to try and sway the jury. One wrinkle in that plan: a new decision from a Federal Appeals court in a related case between Apple and Motorola that could mean more testimony.

On the docket today were just two witnesses: University of Canterb …

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Agreement means Google will back Samsung in spat with Apple

2014-04-22T17:50:45-04:00

A legal agreement made between Samsung and Google means that the Android-maker is bound to lend a hand in the event that Samsung loses its current battle with Apple. In court today, Apple disclosed some terms of a Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA) between Samsung and Google, including a clause that asks for Google to compensate Samsung.

That agreement is designed to let Samsung offer Android some of Google's software out of the box, but there are strings attached. And as Apple aims to point out, it also means that there's some protection involved if Samsung were to be sued.

"Google's essentially offering to defend Samsung."

I …

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