Samsung wins lawsuit from Apple in the Netherlands for 3G patents

Samsung has a victory in a Dutch court case against Apple. The manufacturer is going after these profits recover damages against the manufacturer.
The full judgment of the court in The Hague is now online to read . Samsung now has the press been informed through a statement about the ruling. The court ruled that Apple with her ​​older iPads and iPhones, so the iPhone 4S and the new Apple iPad got off the hook, a 3G Samsung patent violation. Samsung had a total of four patents and brought under one is found that Apple is indeed licensing fee should be paid by Samsung. This statement is a direct result of a lawsuit that was filed last October by Samsung. The court ruled then that the two parties get together to sit around the table to reach a deal to come. After two interviews had taken place the two parties could not come out and Samsung story brought to the court, with this statement as a result. According Webwereld here it is indeed a FRAND patent which Samsung has no ban could be enforced on the products of Apple. However, Apple should license money to pay this money now than Samsung also claim at Apple. The other three patents are rejected by the court and this Samsung can therefore no longer invoke. Samsung seems the most out of the wish to get by now suffered from violating the patent by Apple to recover his rival. "In line with this statement, we recover adequate damages that Apple and its products have caused." Samsung sees the ruling as a cheer because according to the manufacturer confirmed that Samsung itself developed new techniques which Apple uses without paying. "Samsung has pioneered decades invested heavily in the development of technological innovations for the control of advanced devices, including innovations that are widely adopted by other manufacturers of mobile devices." According to the court may recover from the damage that Samsung Apple up to 5 million, depending on the number of sold devices that Apple infringed. However, should both Apple and Samsung to pay its own costs, or 8 tons. Samsung has announced that its own patent portfolio will continue to defend against competitors and money will continue to ask for his technology. The manufacturer will also not afraid to still Apple to court to challenge its right to take other patents. "We continue to defend our innovations and protecting our intellectual property rights for Apple to stop free use of our technology," Samsung said in its statement. Apple has not yet responded to the ruling.

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