The jury handed back a mixed verdict in Apple v. Samsung. Vicki Behringer Apple and Samsung each won damages in the most recent round of their patent-infringement fight. But their victories, deemed modest by legal experts, may have come at a far greater cost, hurting the image and reputation of the world’s leading makers of …
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CNET A federal appeals court decision in an unrelated case could spell trouble for Apple’s current legal battle against rival Samsung. A US Court of Appeals decision on Friday affirmed a federal judge’s ruling in a patent-infringement case between Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility. In 2012, US Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner of the Northern District of Illinois threw out …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patent infringement. Josh Miller/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung on Tuesday revealed that it has reduced the amount of damages it wants for Apple’s accused infringement of two patents because it dropped the iPad from the list of infringing devices. Apple should pay Samsung about $6.2 million, testified Brigham Young University economics professor James …
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Samsung has accused Apple’s FaceTime of infringing a video-transfer patent. Apple SAN JOSE, Calif. — Venice isn’t just a picturesque city in Italy. It’s also the code name used for Apple’s FaceTime technology. Roberto Garcia, an Apple engineer currently in charge of iMessage, on Tuesday revealed details about the company’s development of the FaceTime video calling program. Along with the …
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Apple and Samsung are battling in court over patents. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung on Monday kicked off its patent infringement suit against Apple, presenting evidence and testimony to argue the iPhone maker copied two of its patents. The Korean electronics maker rested its defense against Apple shortly before 2 p.m. PT Monday before starting arguments for its own …
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Apple and Samsung are battling in a San Jose, Calif., court. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — If Samsung infringed all five of Apple’s patents, the Korean company should pay only about $1.75 per unit in royalties, not the $40 Apple has demanded, an expert testified Monday. Judith Chevalier, a professor of economics and finance at the Yale University School …
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Apple and Samsung are facing off in a San Jose, Calif., court. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung didn’t infringe on Apple’s patents for quick links, universal search, slide-to-unlock, and autocorrect, several expert witnesses hired by the Korean giant testified Tuesday. Kevin Jeffay, professor of computer science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, said that Apple’s ‘647 …
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Apple and Samsung are battling over patents. James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Samsung’s future relied on beating Apple in the mobile market, the company’s top executive said in a 2012 memo revealed in a court here Monday. During cross-examination of Dale Sohn, the former CEO of Samsung’s US mobile business, Apple attorney Bill Lee presented an internal Samsung document …
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Apple and Samsung have sued each other for infringement. CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google engineers have never copied Apple’s iPhone features for use in Android, an executive from the software giant said Friday during testimony in the Apple v. Samsung patent-infringement trial. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google vice president of Android, walked the jury through early development of Android and said …
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Apple and Samsung are feuding over patents in a San Jose, Calif., courthouse. Shara Tibken/CNET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple on Friday rested its patent-infringement suit against Samsung after an expert detailed the $2.19 billion in damages the company says it’s due from Samsung. Samsung will kick off its defense later Friday with Google Android executive Hiroshi Lockheimer taking the …
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