Thursday, August 31, 2017
Samsung scores major win in patent battle against Apple
Samsung scores major win in patent battle against Apple
A US appeals court on Friday overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung, finally handing the South Korean smartphone maker a significant win in its longstanding patent feud with top rival Apple.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, said Samsung Electronics did not infringe Apples "quick links" patent, and that two other patents covering the iPhones slide-to-unlock and auto-correct features were invalid. The court also said Apple was liable for infringing one of Samsungs patents.
In a statement, a Samsung spokeswoman said: "Todays decision is a win for consumer choice and puts competition back where it belongs -- in the marketplace, not in the courtroom."
A spokeswoman for Apple declined to comment.
Apple and Samsung have been battling over mobile device technology patents for years. Apple has mostly prevailed, and in December, Samsung paid Apple $548.2 million stemming from a separate patent case, which Samsung has appealed to the US Supreme Court.
Fridays ruling was issued by a unanimous three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit, the countrys top court specializing in patent issues.
The ruling reverses a May 2014 verdict from a federal court in San Jose, California ordering Samsung to pay $119.6 million for using Apples patented technology without permission.
Infringement of the quick links feature, which allows the device to recognize data on the touchscreen, such as a phone number, and link to it to make a call, accounted for nearly $99 million of the damages.
While the appeals court said that Samsung did not use the same technology to detect and link to specific data, it also said Apples other patents were obvious compared to previously known inventions and should never have been granted.
Chicago-based patent lawyer Bradley Hulbert, who has followed the litigation, said the decision is "a clear signal that Apple is not invincible and that alternative operating systems are here to stay. The marketing and psychological benefits for Samsung are huge."
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