Court Runs In Favor Of Samsung Rather Than Apple

Samsung has won a $120 million patent dispute with its major rival, Apple.

Samsung Electronics has finally managed to get the court on its side. The South Korean tech giant made an appeal to the court regarding a jury verdict where it had to pay almost $120 million to Apple, but this was overruled by the court.

The Galaxy maker received the good news on Friday that it no longer had to pay its biggest rival in the market with $120 million for a patent dispute as the court called them invalid. Samsung even posted an online statement, which said the iPhone maker’s patents should have never been issued; it informed the public of its victory.

The competition between these two tech companies famous for the best smartphones in the market is now going to be where it belongs with the power in the hands of the consumers. Apple and Samsung are not strangers to one another in the courtroom and this is not the first time they are together in yet another battle regarding patents.

The iPhone maker filed this recent lawsuit in 2012, where it alleged that the South Korean tech business had infringed its patents related to smartphones. Initially, many patents were involved, but the court cut down the list to three of Apple’s and two of Samsung’s patents on Friday. The court concluded that the tech company did not infringe the ‘quick links’ patent and the ‘slide to unlock’, nor even auto correct checker.

Previously, Samsung was ordered to pay $119.6 million to Apple according to a ruling by the federal court in California, San Jose, due to copying patents without any rights and authorization, but that is no longer the case. Now, the tables have turned and Apple has to pay $158,500 to Samsung for infringing one of its patents instead.

In December, the South Korean organization paid $548 million in another lawsuit battle with the same competitor, but it made an appeal to the Supreme Court, which Apple thinks is not worthy of the time of the Supreme Court. These two companies have been at war for quite a while now and have been known to participate in lawsuit in various countries, not just the US, for the patent disputes.

Both companies should be well aware by now that patent disputes are not worth wasting time and the real battle belongs to the market for the best products, not courtrooms. This cost them in several other ways as well.