aplle vs samsung

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An unbiased Viewpoint, Analysis & Report


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In the recent months Apple has accused Samsung ofinfringing upon a dierent set of patents in more than 20proprietary deices

Introduction


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Samsung preiously aimed its counterclaims at the i!hone", i!hone "S, i!ad 2, the new i!ad, and i!od touch products,but now, the company is see#ing an amendment to thislawsuit that was initially $led in April to include Apple%si!hone '

Patents Infringed upon

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(he ultimate resolution of the con)icts between thecompanies will be a cross*licensing agreement with anegligible e+change of cash'

Negotiated Settlement


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Images of Infringement


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Examples of supposedInfringement


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Since 20, the two tech moguls hae engaged in -uite atussle oer design infringement, Apple has repeatedlyaccused Samsung .not without merit/ of imitating itsdesigns for its arious products' hile, one cannot denySamsung1s products bears a de$nite resemblance to the

corresponding Apple products, Apple might hae ta#en theissue a little too far by suing the company for 2' 3illion'

(he two companies hae been dispute in oer 0 countries'

Lawsuit Body


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Recently, Apple won a huge patent infringement case in4alifornia against Samsung' In August, a court ruling saidSamsung 5willfully infringed5 on a number of Apple1s patentdeices, granting them '0 billion'

(hroughout the trial, Samsung has maintained that it merelydrew inspiration from Apple1s designs, while Apple insisted that

the company blatantly 5ripped o5 its designs' Samsung1s lawyer 4harles Verhoeen said, 56eryone is out

there with that basic form factor'''(here is nothing wrong withloo#ing at what your competitors do and being inspired bythem,5 as reported by (ime 7aga8ine'

Lawsuit Body


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(he two electronics moguls Samsung 6lectronics 4o' andApple Inc' $nd themseles again in another legal battle, butthis time the South 9orean has accused the 4upertinocompany of infringing on its patent related to long*termeolution technology .:(6/ and faster fourth generationwireless networ#ing'

:ast wee#, Samsung $led a case management statementagainst Apple1s latest smartphone, the i!hone , for eightpatent infringements'

Lawsuit Body


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According to a Samsung statement released onebpro;ews'com, 5Samsung anticipates that it will $le, inthe near future, a motion to amend its infringementcontentions to add the i!hone as an accused product'


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Apple released a statement in direct rebuttal to the South9orean company on Reuters, 5It1s no coincidence thatSamsung1s latest products loo# a lot li#e the i!hone andi!ad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interfaceand een the pac#aging'5

Apple statements


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e are grateful to the ?ury for their serice and forinesting the time to listen to our story and we were thrilledto be able to $nally tell it' (he mountain of eidencepresented during the trail showed that Samsung%s copyingwent far deeper than een we #new' (he lawsuits between

Apple and Samsung were about much more than patents ormoney' (hey were about alues' At Apple, we alueoriginality and innoation and pour our lies into ma#ingthe best products on earth' e ma#e these products todelight our customers, not for our competitors to )agrantly

copy' e applaud the court for $nding Samsung%s behaiorwillful and for sending a loud and clear message thatstealing isn%t right'

Apple statement afterverdict


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=e hae always preferred to compete in themar#etplace with our innoatie products, rather thanin courtrooms,@ Samsung said in a statement to (heVerge' =oweer, Apple continues to ta#e aggressielegal measures that will limit mar#et competition'Bnder these circumstances, we hae little choice butto ta#e the steps necessary to protect our innoationsand intellectual property rights'@

Samsung is counter suing Apple for appro+imately

"00 million for damages to reputation and 22million in royalties' (he ?ury ruled against all of Samsung1s counter claims

amounting up to "00 million'

Samsung Position


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6ery indication suggests that the erdict won1t be a cleanone' (here will li#ely be damages on both sides, and it1s stillunclear whether there will be clear ictor' In addition, theoption to appeal could drag this case on for seeral moreyears' A separate appeals case between the two regarding

software elements of Android and a potential ban on theCala+y ;e+us is set to start in 20"'

Durther complicating matters is this wee#1s decision from aSouth 9orean court that both companies infringed on eachothers1 patents, resulting in bans and $nes on both sides'

(he two hae sued each other in multiple courts in multiplecountries, potentially e+tending the entanglements foryears

Conict


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After months of anticipation the ?ury $nally reached aerdict in the Apple ' Samsung lawsuit granting Apple Inc' billion for patent infringement' (he ?ury of nine ruledthat Samsung 6lectronics 4o' did in fact 5rip o5 Apple Inc'by copying the company1s reolutionary designs for the

computer tablet i!ad and smartphone i!hone' (he ?urydecided that the South 9orean company should pay '0billion to Apple'

Conict esolution


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