After years of legal battles, Apple finally got what it wanted: a federal US appeals court ruled on Thursday that Samsung’s smartphones can not copy certain characteristics of iPhone
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In a 2-1 decision, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that Samsung has to update the software of its smartphones to remove function swipe to unlock, the self-correcting and Fast Link software that mimics so direct the similar features of Apple’s iPhone.
But the failure occurs long after Samsung has changed the way those features work on their smartphones. For example, you no longer need to slide a button to unlock a phone Galaxy; Just move your finger anywhere on the screen. Samsung keyboard has also been updated several times since the opinion.
Samsung said in a statement that its smartphone Galaxy continue to be sold and supported by the company. He also said he is looking for a new review of the court ruling released Thursday.
The court said it has granted Apple a “close”, saying it does not want to remove the devices from the shelves Samsung failure. Instead, it instructed that Samsung would remove the infringing features if there is any remaining devices in customers-without removing the phone.
Apple filed the first lawsuit in February 2012 … centuries ago in technological terms. When the lawsuit was filed, the newest Samsung smartphone to be submitted in the case was the Galaxy S II … and S6 Samsung launched the Galaxy earlier this year.
So Apple won … but not much more than a Pyrrhic victory.
In the initial decision of the district court, was ordered Samsung to pay Apple $ 120 million for violating its patents … less than a tenth of what Apple had originally asked for.
It’s just one of many patent cases currently being fought in court between the two giants of the smartphone. In a separate case, Apple he was awarded $ 980 million in damages after a court ruled that Samsung copied the iPhone. But an appeals court ruled that Apple can not patent the basic design of the iPhone, which put part of that concession at risk.
The companies said last year they would suspend patent litigation for not advance outside the United States.
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