The patent war between Samsung and Apple took another turn this week, with Samsung dropping its patent-infringement countersuit against Apple to focus on its defense, reports Bloomberg.
According to Samsung spokesman Nam Ki Yung, who spoke with Bloomberg, Samsung dropped the suit on June 30 “to streamline the legal proceedings.” Samsung will continue its patent defences in another counter-claim in a suit filed by Apple at the same US federal court in San Jose, California.
Samsung’s now-void countersuit against Apple, originally filed in April, claimed that Apple had copied its Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets in the design of Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices. This came in response to an initial lawsuit filed two weeks prior by Apple, which argued that Samsung had actually copied Apple’s iOS devices with their Galaxy Tab touchscreen tablet and a variety of their smartphones, the Galaxy S 4G, Epic 4G and Nexus S.
The Samsung countersuit famously demanded that Apple show the company its upcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 devices, a request the presiding judge denied.
The Samsung-Apple legal battle has become an international fight, with litigation proceedings taking place in at least five countries across the globe, including South Korea, Japan, German and the UK. According to Samsung, the halt of one of its lawsuits in California will not affect the rest of its patent defenses elsewhere.
“Samsung will continue to actively defend and protect our intellectual property,” said Nam.
Reports indicate that Apple could release both the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 as early as fall of this year.
Lol. Ok. You win. It’s just that I check your Facebook page, not your website. Sorry.
its digital TRENDS..
@Aziz – no worries! We are just trying not to spam people on FB with updates every minute.
We published ours at 12:17 PST. I just checked the system. Not bad…
Too many lawsuits are having a negative impact on innovation. Digitally Undivided, digitalundivide
Well Geeks like us don’t have time to Keep track off what site there reading D:
Hahaa sorry. It’s just that Engadget had it up at 1.56pm. Lol
Um…this story just broke today – is a few hour difference (especially since DT is located in the PST) a huge deal?
Oh wow I never thought you’d actually reply. Thank you. Well understood now. Thanks again.
@Aziz – we posted this earlier in the day on the site. Just now posting it here on FB.
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Digital trend why are your stories so late to update news?
Your obviously son 't have IP which is worth money and you want everything to be shared evenly with all manufacturers. Don't know which planet you live on because it is not earth
I can see both sides. I am sick of the lawsuits too, but as you mention, if people were more creative and not ripping off other company's IP, then there wouldn't be lawsuits in the first place.
Way too many patents allowed over minuscule things on smart phones…….the ideas are getting pretty limited in smart phone development if corporations are spending more time in litigation than designing. Heck…..all of my phones for years have had rounded corners and square icons for a long time, oh and rectangular ear speakers!