It appears that the tide of victory after victory in the patent war with Samsung is slowing to a halt for Apple. Samsung continues its forward push with a few recent wins up its sleeve. We told you about both the Australian and U.S. victories earlier this week and it appears that the Samsung legal team is optimistic about a victory in Paris as well.
The case will be ruled upon December 8th and they will be ruling on Samsung's request to completely ban the sales of Apple's iPhone 4s in France. An unnamed Samsung executive was quoted to say, “If we win in Paris as well, that’s truly a big blow to Apple.”
While Koh, the California judge that ruled on the U.S. patent case ruled in Samsung's favor, she did go on to write that Apple would likely prove infringement by Samsung on one if its tablet patents but Apple hadn't shown that it was likely to overcome Samsung's claims to the patents' validity.
This victory couldn't come at a better time for the Korean company as the Holiday season is in full swing. The Samsung executive expressed this by saying, “We are ready to aggressively sell the Tabs.” Samsung welcomed the rulings with an official statement that suggested that Apple's arguments lacked merit. It was written:
“We are confident that we can demonstrate the distinctiveness of Samsung’s mobile devices when the case goes to trial next year.”
While this patent war is far from over, it appears that Samsung is holding its own in the battle. Apple will probably make an attempt at appealing the ruling and Samsung knows it. The CEO of Samsung Choi Gee-sung said that they set aside some $200 million for the next year to respond to the ongoing legal battles with Apple. This is a decent chunk of change and it shows that Samsung is ready to go toe to toe with Apple.
So with that, it appears that Samsung is continuing to push forward in the patent wars. I know everyone is getting sick of reading these articles, but these cases are paramount for shaping the way smart phones are designed here in the future. It's too early to tell who will be the supreme victor in these patent wars but one thing is for sure, Apple's no longer steam rolling through each victory.
[via The Korea Times]
But they are steam rolling through sales… ;)
i think you’re wrong. i seem to recall a few weeks ago that samsung was selling more galaxy s2 phones than the iphone. it was the first time anyone beat Apple in sales of smartphones since the first iphone came out in 2007.
don’t believe me? look it up.