Samsung wins a patent case over Apple in Japan

[garyopa]

Things are a 'bit' different in the rest of the world.



A Tokyo Court ruled out Samsung did not infringe Apple's media sync patent.
However, it's only a small win for Samsung, after its crushing defeat in the United States last week...

Just one week after a US court ordered Samsung to pay $1 billion to Apple for patent infringement, a court in Japan ruled out this weekend that Samsung did not steal Apple technology.

Still, this one is only a 'small' win for Samsung compared to its crushing defeat in the US.

Apple sought just $1.3 million from Samsung in a lawsuit filed in Tokyo last year. The suit alleged that Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets infringed "an Apple patent on technology that synchronizes music and videos between gadgets and servers," according to the New York Times. Tokyo District Judge Tamotsu Shoji ruled that Samsung did not infringe the patent and ordered Apple to pay Samsung's legal costs.

Now, however, it looks like Apple hardly needs a 'lift' in Japan. The iPhone was the top-selling smartphone there in 2011, while Samsung’s Galaxy series trailed in the No. 5 spot.

Also, the Apple and Samsung legal teams are battling it out over patents in 10 countries worldwide, including in South Korea where Samsung recently got another favorable verdict.

“Internationally, it’s been a mixed picture” for Apple, said James Bessen, an economist and lecturer at the Boston University School of Law. “Part of that is because most other countries don’t have the same attitude toward software patenting that the U.S. has.”

For both companies, Japan makes up a far smaller proportion of sales than the all-important American market. But the Tokyo ruling suggests that despite Apple’s victory last week, the jostling between the two companies for the upper hand in the fast-growing smartphone and tablet businesses is just beginning.

Meanwhile, in the US, Apple asked for injunctions against eight Samsung devices that it wants off the shelves, but Samsung is already taking steps to continue selling the devices even if injunctions are enforced.

"Samsung officials have already begun to talk to wireless carriers about removing or modifying infringing features to keep products on the market if the injunctions are granted," the Wall Street Journal reported this week.

NEWS SOURCE #1: Japan court samsung did not infringe apples media sync patent (via) ArsTechnica
NEWS SOURCE #2: In Japan a setback for Apples patent fight (via) NyTimes

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[billysastard]

cant say i'm shocked that in countries that arent corrupt beyond reason samsung win but in places like the corrupted states of america they loose, hell samsung even won in the uk and our government is pretty much run by the CSA, luckily our judges are independent and less likely to be for sale to the highest bidder or sacked if they go against the government (like in sweeden).

[msanchez]

I'd be awesome if judges here watch how apple is losing everywhere else in the world and ask themselves: "Well they can't ALL wrong.... maybe we made a mistake?"

[billysastard]

I'd be awesome if judges here watch how apple is losing everywhere else in the world and ask themselves: "Well they can't ALL wrong.... maybe we made a mistake?"

the problem is that even if they think that they then look at that nice fat envelope with an apple logo on it and remember their retirement.

[DEDDOA]

I'd be awesome if judges here watch how apple is losing everywhere else in the world and ask themselves: "Well they can't ALL wrong.... maybe we made a mistake?"

Sadly the more likey response would be "They all got it wrong, the bribe money goes into their bank accounts it doesn't stay in Apples"

[garyopa]

Sadly the more likey response would be "They all got it wrong, the bribe money goes into their bank accounts it doesn't stay in Apples"

Well there is other ways. -- Look what happen to Apple shares after the win in the usa. -- So you Judge, are given or buy with your own money, a block of Shares, vote their way, and then bang shares increase in price, so you sell them. -- Even if Apple didn't directly tell you that, your friends, lobbists, other lawyers, bar pals would help you in that direction!

[billysastard]

Well there is other ways. -- Look what happen to Apple shares after the win in the usa. -- So you Judge, are given or buy with your own money, a block of Shares, vote their way, and then bang shares increase in price, so you sell them. -- Even if Apple didn't directly tell you that, your friends, lobbists, other lawyers, bar pals would help you in that direction!

thats true at present but it cant go on as apple is rapidly loosing market share so its only hope of making increased profits to drive its share price by trolling.

i note that now they suffered another court loss outside the csa today apple have gone back to court in america by launching yet another patent troll against samsung over the massively successful galaxy s3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19463693

[DEDDOA]

Well there is other ways. -- Look what happen to Apple shares after the win in the usa. -- So you Judge, are given or buy with your own money, a block of Shares, vote their way, and then bang shares increase in price, so you sell them. -- Even if Apple didn't directly tell you that, your friends, lobbists, other lawyers, bar pals would help you in that direction!

Aye it's a sorry state when those we are meant to trust are usually the most corrupt. Shame we can't have that fella from The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy running things, as in the fella who doesn't even believe the universe or anyone else exists let alone wants to run things so negating the whole deal of those who seek power are usually the ones who shouldn't have it.

[DEDDOA]

thats true at present but it cant go on as apple is rapidly loosing market share so its only hope of making increased profits to drive its share price by trolling.

i note that now they suffered another court loss outside the csa today apple have gone back to court in america by launching yet another patent troll against samsung over the massively successful galaxy s3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19463693

Aye that says to me that the iPhone 5 is not going to be better let alone equal to the S3. You don't see them going hell for leather againt other companies, I guess the fact that so many people consider in terms of power and price at least the S series are very attractive alternatives to apples mobile app store. Personally give me a phone that does all the basics and does so simply and I'm happy, thats why I just got a Lumia 900 instead of an S3. An S3 would have been wasted as it's only adavantage is gaming and I loathe mobile gaming, on Phone/PDA/Camera front the Lumia 900 was far more attractive as it didn't need any apps.

As I explained to my cousin with his iPhone 4s and my mate with his S3, comparing the 3 is like saying we have to go on a road trip, they have muscle cars or sports cars that while they are fast still need a lot of modifcation to make them comfortable for long distance travel, while I have a high end family saloon that comes with all the comforts. They may have faster cars, but we are all limited by the speed limit (or software design in terms of phones when it comes t day to day use) so we all end up traveling about as fast, but they have to stop a lot more often to refuel than I do. True if we went on a race track (playing games) they would leave me for dust, but in real world use we wouldn't do that and if we were I would get F1 car (a dedicated portable gaming device) if that was the case.

I think way to many people confuse phone with computers, where with say a PC more power means more real world speed, in terms of phones the difference between even a single and quad core cpu is nothing to write home about but as with mymate and cousin they see the power as being a good thing when infact for real world usage it means nothing and in terms of batery life is a bad thing.