An appeals court ruled on Monday that Samsung's $930 million penalty, stemming from its patent infringement suit with Apple, must be adjusted, in a mixed courtroom outcome for the iPhone maker.
As part of Samsung's counter-suit, the company claimed that Apple had infringed on three utility patents (things like sending email and multitasking) and two 3G standards essentials patents.
Apple and Samsung settled a seven-year legal fight on Wednesday, ending the most prominent case in a series of lawsuits over smartphone patents over the last decade. Apple accused Samsung of infringing on this patent with eight devices. The court ruled Samsung did not infringe on four other patents listed in Apple's claim.
The ITC banned Samsung from importing or selling some devices that infringe on the Apple patents… In the other direction, the jury ruled that Apple didn't infringe the software patents that Samsung was claiming: '711, '893, '460, and '516.
The jury on Friday awarded Apple less than $120m in damages for three patents infringed by Samsung, far below the $2bn the California-based company had sought from a total of five patents …
The company did …
The jury found that Samsung did infringe on the patent with the Galaxy S, the Galaxy S 4G, and the Vibrant.
It all began six years ago in 2010, when the iPhone maker warned Samsung that the Korean giant’s tablets and smartphones infringed on Apple patents.
The jury ruled that Apple didn't infringe on any of Samsung's patent, but Apple wasn't able to prove that those patents were invalid.
The companies did … Samsung Electronics Co. welcomed the Tokyo District Court ruling that its technology to synchronise mobile players with computers did not infringe on Apple patents …