samedi 17 août 2013

Patent war: Apple Gets a new ban from Samsung in the United States

Apple finally got a victory in court against Samsung in the United States: the International Trade Commission, the watchdog of the trade, issued late last week its decision to ban American territory the import of older models of smartphones and tablets Galaxy.

Reason: these devices violate Apple's intellectual property on several patents related to scrolling and the audio connectors. Among the devices concerned, The Verge is the Galaxy S 4 G - and not the Galaxy S4! -the Galaxy Fascinate, Galaxy Captivate, Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Other smartphones and tablets marketed in 2010 and 2011 are affected by the ban.

Step... but victory still

This Apple victory, confirming the previous decision of a US judge is however tempered by the dismissal of four other charges of infringement of intellectual property made by Apple. Unlike j. Pender, the ITC believes that these other four patents can be the source of a ban, as it does not see in the patents submitted by Samsung a ground of inadmissibility of Apple devices.

For Samsung, it's obviously disappointment. "However, Apple was dismissed in his attempt to use his patent design, too general, to ensure a monopoly on rectangles and rounded corners. "The right strategy for the smartphone industry is not the global war before the courts, but a competition just on the market."

No Obama veto in sight

Global has yet - war like Apple - powered Samsung chaining cases submitted to courts of the United States and other countries. With a ratio of force generally favorable to Apple, according to it: "With today's decision, the ITC has joined the courts of the world, in the Japan, in Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and California in their defense of innovation and the rejection of flagrant copying of products Apple by Samsung."

Classic statements in such legal battles... However, one question remains: Barack Obama has 60 days to veto the decision of the ITC. Will do, as he did recently to defend Apple face Samsung it? Quite unlikely, given that the Californian company is victorious again, and that patent rejected by the ITC are deemed "non-essential".


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