![]() I understand that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Some workarounds were implemented as far back as a year ago. Rowden’s declaration regarding all three patents details the various devices affected and when the design arounds were implemented. court. Legal blog Groklaw has obtained a declaration by Samsung’s VP of product management Tim Rowden that states that the company has stopped using the ‘381 (the rubber banding patent), ‘163 and ‘915 patents and is using “design arounds” to avoid infringing these patents. Samsung has also now confirmed it has created workarounds for the rubber-banding patent and two others it was judged to have infringed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office took a second look at the rubber-banding patent. trial - in which Apple won more than $1 billion in damages - after examiners at the U.S. And just yesterday Samsung won a preliminary ruling invalidating one of the Apple patents that it was deemed to have infringed in the recent Apple vs Samsung U.S. High Court that had ruled Samsung’s Galaxy Tab was not cool enough to have infringed the iPad’s design. and Germany, says Reuters.Įarlier this month Apple also lost an appeal in a U.K. against HTC and in Germany against Samsung and Motorola Mobility. The Dutch court acknowledged its latest multitouch patent ruling was similar to rulings in the U.K. We’ve also reached out to Apple for comment on the court ruling and will update this story with any response. the company declined to comment on the ruling.Īpple also lost a preliminary injunction on the same patent in the Dutch courts last year, and lost court battles in the U.K. We will continue to further develop and introduce products that enhance the lives of Dutch consumers.” For decades, we have heavily invested in pioneering the development of technological and design innovations in the mobile industry, which have been constantly reflected in our products. In a statement commenting on the court ruling, Samsung said: “We welcome today’s ruling, which affirms our position that our products do not infringe Apple’s intellectual property. “With these products Samsung does not infringe the claims that Apple has made,” the latest court ruling said. Another loss for Apple in the courts: a Dutch court in the Hague has ruled Samsung does not infringe an Apple multitouch patent, Reuters is reporting. Apple had argued last month in the court that Samsung infringed its patent on multi-touch function, according to the news agency.
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