Samsung has filed a lawsuit against Apple's iPhone 5 over the alleged patent infringements in the latest iDevice.
The South Korean conglomerate said in a statement that “we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations and intellectual property rights”. The lawsuit itself is scheduled to go to trial sometime during 2014.
Bloomberg said Samsung began its investigation of the smartphone as the soon as the iPhone 5 launched on September 21.
Meanwhile, FOSS Patents reports that the firm asked the court to add the iPhone 5 to its lawsuit already underway in U.S. Federal Court. Samsung says the device infringes upon a total of six utility patents in addition to two standards essential patents.
The complete court filing documents Samsung arguing that “the iPhone 5 has the same accused functionality as the previously accused versions of the iPhone, so the proof of infringement of the patents-in-suit by the iPhone 5 is the same as for other Apple devices already accused of infringement in this litigation”.
Earlier today, Apple also suffered a legal setback with a sales ban against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 being overturned. That said, Apple has, of course, been awarded over $1 billion in damages, which saw a judge ruling that Samsung infringed upon several patents belonging to the former.
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templinc victorious 3930k2014? The iPhone5 will be so irrelevant then.Reply
While it may be irrelevant to devices that will be out in the year 2014, it will certainly be relevant in the fact that being the fastest selling iPhone to date, there are plenty of damages to be collected on by Samsung should Samsung prevail.
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Neverdyne victorious 3930k2014? The iPhone5 will be so irrelevant then.Reply
But the money they could gain from the trail will not! -
wcnighthawk "2014? The iPhone5 will be so irrelevant then."Reply
Doesn't matter, iPhone6-10 will all be the same thing anyways. So it will all be relevant :p And it's about time Samsung swung back. -
bllue If it had been Apple who sue the courts would have been more than willing to start tomorrowReply -
guru_urug victorious 3930k2014? The iPhone5 will be so irrelevant then.Reply
Think of it as Samsung's long-term investment. This one looks like it gonna pay big!! :)
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internetlad Apple sues.Reply
BOO HISS DOWN WITH APPLE
Samsung sues.
YEAH GO SAMSUNG YOU GET EM TIGER.
Seriously, i'm by no means an apple fan. Far from it.
This pissing match just has to stop.