For almost five years, Apple and Samsung fight in court to possible patent infringement. Now Samsung seems to give way: The South Korean company agreed to pay 548 million dollars to the company from Cupertino. However, part of the sum may be recovered later.
After five years in court, it suddenly goes very quickly. By 14 December Samsung wants to transfer the sum of 548 million US dollars to Apple - provided that the account of the iPhone group arrives until the weekend. The reports inter alia, The Verge, citing the published documents of the relevant US court. In the year-long patent dispute over injured design patents which marks a significant success for Apple.
Samsung may have to repay part of Apple
Full beaten Samsung does not exist however. The South Korean smartphone maker also reserves the right to reclaim a portion of half a billion US dollars, the judgment should be adapted in other procedures. Patent analyst Florian Mueller holds according to The Verge an appeal is likely.
The sum of 548 million US dollars that Samsung now consented to pay is a far cry from the original demand Apples amounting to 2.5 billion dollars. The iPhone-Group filed in the spring of a 2011 lawsuit against the Korean competitors, because this smartphone patents infringed. It was, inter alia, to zoom and multi-gesture features to smartphone and tablet displays. In autumn 2012, a jury Apple then spoke to about one billion. Calculation error, however, led to new procedures, the total fell initially to 930 million dollars in May in 2015. 548 million.
After five years in court, it suddenly goes very quickly. By 14 December Samsung wants to transfer the sum of 548 million US dollars to Apple - provided that the account of the iPhone group arrives until the weekend. The reports inter alia, The Verge, citing the published documents of the relevant US court. In the year-long patent dispute over injured design patents which marks a significant success for Apple.
Samsung may have to repay part of Apple
Full beaten Samsung does not exist however. The South Korean smartphone maker also reserves the right to reclaim a portion of half a billion US dollars, the judgment should be adapted in other procedures. Patent analyst Florian Mueller holds according to The Verge an appeal is likely.
The sum of 548 million US dollars that Samsung now consented to pay is a far cry from the original demand Apples amounting to 2.5 billion dollars. The iPhone-Group filed in the spring of a 2011 lawsuit against the Korean competitors, because this smartphone patents infringed. It was, inter alia, to zoom and multi-gesture features to smartphone and tablet displays. In autumn 2012, a jury Apple then spoke to about one billion. Calculation error, however, led to new procedures, the total fell initially to 930 million dollars in May in 2015. 548 million.
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