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A Samsung Galaxy Tab is displayed at a shop in Tokyo August 31, 2012. A Tokyo court ruled on Friday that Samsung Electronics' mobile devices did not violate an Apple Inc patent involved in synching mobile devices and computers, awarding the South Korean maker a victory a week after it lost a bruising landmark patent case in the United States. A Samsung Galaxy Tab is displayed a
Samsung and Apple are busy fighting it out at one of the biggest patent trials in San Jose, California. The stakes are high and Samsung's smartphones and tablets could face a US ban if the trial goes Apple's way. Apple says Samsung copied the look, feel and design of the iPhone and the iPad. Judge Lucy Koh has already granted a pre-trial injunction to Apple banning the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. You'd think Samsung would try not to anger a judge but they did just that by releasing a crucial piece of evidence to the media. Samsung issued a statement to the media along with two slides showing that the iPhone design idea originated from Sony. This 'Sony-design' theft harping on Samsung's part has not left judge Koh too happy. According to a href=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57483967-37/judge-chides-samsung-for-handing-nixed-evidence-to-media/CNET/a, Koh wasn't pleased. emShe told Samsung to file a brief explaining who drafted the statement, as well as who from Samsung's legal team authorized it./em [caption id=attachment_401375 align=alignleft width=380 Samsung and Apple are busy fighting
There simply is no end to the Apple vs Samsung war -- and this time the battlefield is Australia. The Apple vs Samsung trial Down Under began with the South Korean firm claiming thatApple's iPhone 4, 4S and iPad 2 infringe on three patents Samsung has for 3G standards,a href=http://www.zdnet.com/apple-our-3g-isnt-samsungs-3g-7000001443/reports emZDNet/em./a emZDNet/em also reported that Apple admits to using Samsung's 3G patents but has said in its defense that the way they have implemented it means they are not infringing on Samsung's patents. Its become a case of our 3G is not that same as their 3G with both sides continuing the counter arguments. According to a href=http://www.pcworld.com/article/259736/apple_charges_samsung_doesnt_know_what_goes_on_in_its_chips.htmlPCWorld/a, Apple also stated thatemSamsung Electronics is assuming that technology in the iPad and iPhone violates its patents without knowing the actual processes in the devices' chipsets./em Meanwhile, the California leg of the Samsung and Apple trial will begin on 30 July over disputed patent claims. ema href=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443295404577543221814648592.htmlThe Wall Street Journal/a/em is already calling it 'the Patent trial of the century in an article with the same headline. So what is the fuss all about? According to Apple, Samsung slavishly copied designs of the iPad and the iPhone. A UK judge recently ruled that Samsung Galaxy Tab wasn't a copy of the iPad as the Galaxy Tab wasn't a href=http://www.firstpost.com/tech/publish-ad-that-samsung-didnt-copy-ipad-uk-judge-to-apple-382705.htmlcool enough/a. Apple ordered to publish an ad highlighting the judgement on its British Website, and thus state that Samsung wasn't a copy cat. [caption id=attachment_388883 align=alignleft width=380 There simply is no end to the Apple