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Samsung plans to add iPhone 5 to patent war


SEOUL– South Korea’s Samsung Electronics said Friday it was considering adding Apple’s new iPhone 5 to a patent infringement case as part of a long-running global legal battle between the rival smartphone giants.

Samsung officials said the company would look into amending its side of an on-going patent lawsuit in a US court to include the latest Apple gadget, which went on sale across Asia Friday and is due to hit US stores later in the day.

“Our company considers adding Apple’s iPhone 5 to the (patent infringement) case… but we cannot say when,” a Samsung spokesman told AFP.

“Our decision will be made after our company has analysed the iPhone 5 to see what aspects of its device constitutes patent infringement.”

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted market watchers as saying Samsung may use its long-term evolution (LTE) patent portfolio to attack the iPhone 5 — the first Apple phone to use the fourth-generation telecom network.

Samsung and Apple — respectively the world’s number one and two smartphone makers — have been at loggerheads over dozens of patent lawsuits in 10 nations, accusing each other of copying technologies and designs.

Last month, a California court ordered Samsung to pay $1.05 billion for patent infringement. The South Korean firm has appealed the decision.

Samsung, in a statement late Thursday, accused Apple of continuing to take “aggressive legal measures that will limit market competition”.

It added: “Under these circumstances, we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights.”

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Tags: Apple , iPhone 5 , Law , mobile phones , Patent Infringement , Samsung

  • dgboy

    Iphone 5 really sucks big time. No real innovation.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_QEDOBEZD4E2LSRPO2S4CVFVRMM Juel

    “Apple loses German patent case v Samsung, Motorola
    Associated Press – 23 hrs ago”

    BERLIN (AP) — A German court has dismissed Apple Inc.’s claim that Samsung Electronics and Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility infringed patents used in touch-screen devices.
    The Mannheim state court’s ruling Friday follows similar decisions in Britain and the Netherlands.
    The ruling can be appealed within 30 days.
    Apple and its rivals are locked in a complex worldwide battle over patents and design rights covering the lucrative market for smartphones and tablet computers.
    Last month a U.S. court ruled that Samsung phones and tablets infringe on Apple patents, and awarded the Cupertino, California, company $1.05 billion.
    Meanwhile, Samsung is seeking royalties from Apple for sales of iPhones it says infringe on its patents.”

    ———————————————————————–

    Apple lost its all patent cases in each countries against Samsung except AMERICA.

    Very predictable

  • jbadge

    Sure Samsung, you could innovate, but not at Apple’s expense who spent billions of dollars in R&D. Their lawsuit is not meant to stifle competition, but only to stop companies like yours from getting a free-ride. Google… you are next!

    • dgboy

       same goes to apple. pay what is due to google and samsung.

      • jbadge

        Sure, once the court or courts determine that Apple is guilty of any charges, they should pay, but for now- Apple has won the biggest case of it all. Yes, Samsung is appealing, but until the final ruling is laid down, Samsung et. al must be very nervous… really nervous.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/AUNBI66J3EGEPMV5LFCN53OUGI JEO

    Samsung copy almost everything! How can a company like Samsung are good in everything? They have products from almost anything. How they can compete with smartphones? Of course copy! And that’s the truth that is why they lost the case in USA!

    • AntiAko

      BUT WHY DID SAMSUNG WIN IN ALL COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF AMERICA?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HPGUIIJ44DMCSONOPI4JAEMUZM lex

    apple sucks! viva android!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_EDXEVEFHW2ZT5VWHDWBNM6XGE4 RyanE

    Apple is definitely afraid of Samsung. It cannot compete fairly and squarely in open market and that’s why it is just resorting to law suits.

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MDOEHEMLNVSTET7ZCS2MKQ7WRI Flavio

       what are you talking about ??? samsung just like many chinese manufacturers live on ‘aping’ technologies fr their US counterparts and expect to get away from it. do your own R and D , copycats !

      • http://profile.yahoo.com/G3MWARMIKM4ECZZFGVJS5ZS2GM sheila lourene

        shutup apple fan boy! your apple is going down, bigtime!…and please tell apple to fix the apple maps, the poorly copied form of google maps, thats copycat right there…hey the comment box is a rectangle with rounded edge! sounds familiar? haha.

      • Don Dee

        Samsung is Korean. And Apple maps suck.



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