Lawyers

• Samsung, Nvidia Settles All Patent Litigations Against Undisclosed Terms

  Samsung and Nvidia have jointly announced on Monday reaching an agreement for settling all patent related disputes made by each other. The agreement will resolve all disputes pending with the US district courts, the US International Trade Commission and the US Patent Office. However, details of the agreement haven’t yet been disclosed by both parties.

• Ericsson extends patent suits against Apple to Europe

  Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has filed lawsuits in Germany, Britain and the Netherlands against Apple over technology license payments, Ericsson said on Friday, extending a U.S. battle between the firms to Europe.

• Google wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over Android app limits

  A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google Inc of harming smartphone buyers by forcing handset makers that use its Android operating system to make the search engine company's own applications the default option.

• SEC probes Blackberry options trading ahead of Reuters report about Samsung talks

  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a January 14 spike in trading in BlackBerry Ltd options that took place hours before Reuters reported that Samsung Electronics Co was in talks to buy the Canadian smartphone maker, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

• Appel refiles Samsung sale block petition after "mixed bag" verdict

  Legal experts have said that it is unlikely that Apple Inc could have its latest request to ban the sales of the older models of Samsung Electronics Co phones considering that the judge is the same one who had denied two earlier requests, Bloomberg said.

• Retired IBM executive chief foreman leads mixed results verdict in Samsung-Apple patent trial

  A patent litigation expert said that it was not usual for a jury foreman, who is a veteran in the Silicon Valley, to lead the jury in the Samsung-Apple patent infringement case to deliver a "mixed bag" verdict, Bloomberg reported.

• Apple lawyer claims copying is center of $2B Samsung infringement case

  A lawyer for Apple Inc insisted in its final arguments that Samsung Electronics Co has been copying the iPhone maker for years to build its growing business in the smartphone market, Bloomberg reported.

• Apple, Samsung to make final arguments on $2 B US patent trial

  Bloomberg said that the final arguments tomorrow on the second US patent infringement trial could determine whether Apple Inc's intention all along was to mar the position of Google Inc as the top supplier of mobile smartphone software.

• Apple-Samsung patent trial reveals Google stake in patent wars

  Bloomberg reported that Apple Inc has presented a videotaped testimony of a Google lawyer yesterday to support the iPhone maker's claims that Samsung Electronics Co was indeed seeking indemnification from Google.

• Apple infringement claim called "a gross exaggeration"

  Samsung presented Yale University Professor Judith Chevalier to controvert the patent infringement claims of Apple.

• Samsung claims Apple exaggerates its patent claims

  Samsung Electronics Co yesterday presented a couple of its expert witnesses in the patent infringement trial, of which they argued that the Apple Inc patents allegedly infringed by the Galaxy maker are exaggerated.

• Samsung calls US executive to testify in $2B patent trial

  Former president Samsung Telecommunications America Dale Sohn gave his testimony yesterday to block arguments that Apple Inc might launch against Samsung Electronics Co that it was indifferent to its latest patent claim, Bloomberg said.

• Apple ups its Samsung sales ban pitch in patent war trial

  Apple Inc yesterday presented an expert witness whose survey reportedly proved that customers were purchasing Samsung Electronics Co's mobile phones because of its patent-infringing features, Bloomberg said.

• Judge reject Apple's bid to show Samsung patent infringement in trial

  Yesterday, Samsung Electronics Co managed a small victory in its patent infringement trial after a judge declined Apple Inc's request to show evidence mostly from its previous case to prove its competitor had used some of its patents in dispute, Bloomberg said.

• Indian Supreme Court orders Samsung chairman to appear over subsidiary payment dispute

  The Supreme Court of India has recently ordered Samsung Electronics Co Chairman Lee Kun-Hee to make an appearance in court to settle a payment dispute filed by New Delhi-based JCE Consultancy over a fraudulent sales transaction.

• Apple resubmits bid to ban Samsung smartphones sales in Appeals court

  Apple Inc recently informed the US District Court in San Jose, California that it has requested the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington to review US District Judge Lucy Koh's rejection of the iPhone maker's sales injunction of Samsung smartphones, Bloomberg said.

• Apple injunction on Samsung patent infringement gets denied over competition basis

  Judge Lucy Koh of a California court ruled that agreeing with Apple Inc for an injunction of all Samsung Electronics Co products that has the infringed patents would be unfair not only to the latter but would provide unfair competition advantage to every petitioner who claims that its patents are being infringed, 9 To 5 Mac said in a blog post.

• Samsung files lawsuit against Dyson over corporate image copycat claims

  VentureBeat said in its report that Samsung Electronics Co's reason to counter sue British firm Dyson was to prevent groundless patent infringement lawsuits from the latter to be filed in the future.

• Apple, Samsung gear up for next patent dispute battle starting March 31

  Tech giants Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co are expected to provide a leaner list of patents both companies claimed to have been violated by each other. Information Week believes that it is most likely that the two companies will not come to an understanding after the March 31 hearing.