A Japanese court has
dismissed the claim made by Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) on patent infringement
against Samsung. It is a significant bounceback for the South Korean tech firm
as the competitors keep fighting over intellectual property.
A District Court in
Tokyo has come to the verdict that Samsung has not infringed patents with its
technology for managing video and music between smartphones or tablets and
computers. The verdict is a latest event that is related to a number of
lawsuits and counter lawsuits happening in as many as nine countries and four
continents. This comes just after a week after Samsung was defeated in an epic
legal conflict with Apple at a US court. This defeat can result in injucntion
against some Samsung devices.
Shares of Samsung
increased after the Friday verdict, helping the firm recover from the steep
losses it has incurred earlier this week.
The Tokyo court
addressed a suit filed by Apple a year back saying that two Samsung
smartphones, namely Galaxy S and Galaxy 2 have violated a patented technology.
Samsung has stated that
it welcomes the decision of the Tokyo court that has established the company’s
long-held position and the fact that it had not infringed Apple’s patents.
When taken together,
Apple and Samsung amounts for about half of the lucrative international
smartphone market. Samsung accounts for 32.6% of the market while Apple
accounts for 16.9%.
Bloomberg said that
Samsung does not release sales figures for Japan. However, the company is
fighting with domestic companies like Sony, Fujitsu and Sharp.
The legal battles will
decide if Samsung can modify its ‘copying’ mindset that has made it a potential
rival of Apple. The South Korean company has a reputation of a nimble
manufacturer that looks for a strong technology and imitates it. It, at times,
enhances it too, while pulling down the costs.
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