A US federal appeals court ruled that mobile phones Samsung can not copy certain characteristics of iPhone .
In a decision of two to one, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled that Samsung must update their software to remove smartphones feature a swipe to unlock, and the self-correcting software that mimics fast link directly similar characteristics Apple on the iPhone.
The failure occurs after Samsung changed the way those features work on their smartphones.
For example, the user need not slide a button to unlock a phone Galaxy . Just move your finger anywhere on the screen.
keyboard Samsung also was updated several times since the opinion.
The Korean company said in a statement, quoted by the online journal CNN Expansión, its “smartphone” Galaxy will still be sold and supported by the company.
He also said he seeks a new review of the judicial decision issued on Thursdays.
The court said it gave to Apple a “close” , saying it does not make Samsung devices on the shelves.
Instead, Samsung instructed to who removed infringing features if there is any remaining devices in customers-without removing the phone.
Apple filed its first lawsuit in February 2012, when newest Samsung smartphone to be submitted in the case was the Galaxy S II .
In the initial decision of the district court, Samsung was ordered 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 that are in court between the two giants of smartphones.
In a separate case, Apple was granted 980 million dollars in damages after the court ruled that Samsung copied the iPhone.
No comments:
Post a Comment