Apple Says Samsung is Lying

Posted by Kirhat | Thursday, April 10, 2014 | | 0 comments »

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A sharp rebuke was delivered by Apple after it accused Samsung of misleading the jury during the course of the recent trial on patent dispute settlement. According to Apple, Samsung’s claim that three of the five patents under dispute were not being currently used by Apple was baseless, and not justified by facts and figures.

Moreover, Apple supported its accusation by claiming that it was making good usage of the three aforesaid patents and asked the U.S. District judge, Lucy Koh who is overseeing the trial, to provide it with an opportunity to show the same to Samsung.

The trial pitting the two tech giants commenced last 31 Mar 2014 in San Jose, CA. The jury comprised 10 people, none of them related to the technology or software space.

The trial began with Apple accusing Samsung of violating five of its mobile software patents including the swipe to unlock feature for logging into the iPhone and iPad. It claimed damages to the extent of US$ 2 billion for the same. Apple claimed that 10 Samsung products including Galaxy S3 have violated these five patents.

Samsung retaliated by claiming that Apple’s accusations were false and intended to reduce competition in the industry. Samsung went on to say that Apple's primary intention was to target Google's Android OS which happens to be the operating system for all Samsung mobile phones.

Moreover, Samsung also made fresh accusations against Apple claiming that nine of its products including the likes of iPhone 5 had infringed two of Samsung’s patents and claimed damages to the extent of US$ 7 million for the same.

This trial is the second clash between the two tech giants within a span of two years. Previously, in 2012, Apple emerged victorious in a trial where it accused Samsung of violating its copyrights and received damages amounting to US$ 1 billion for the same.

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