Apple and Samsung are to lock horns again in the California federal court on Monday for a new round of the ongoing patent war between the two. Both the rival handset makers will once again argue before District Court Judge Lucy Koh in the California city of San Jose from Monday 31 March.
This time, Apple is demanding around $2 billion in damages from Samsung as the former claims that Samsung’s newer Galaxy smartphone and tablet devices have violated five of its mobile software patents including data tapping, unified search, asynchronous data synchronisation, slide-to-unlock feature and auto-complete technologies.
The American company claims that Admire, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy Note, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy SII Skyrocket, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Tab II 10.1, and Stratosphere are some of the Samsung products that infringe on its patents.
In the counter claim Samsung has accused Apple’s iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad mini, iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and MacBook Pro of infringing two of its patented technology including organization of photo albums and video compression.
In court filings Apple said “Apple revolutionised the market in personal computing devices. Samsung, in contrast, has systematically copied Apple’s innovative technology and products, features and designs, and has deluged markets with infringing devices.”
Countering the claims Samsung said “Samsung has been a pioneer in the mobile device business sector since the inception of the mobile device industry.”
“Apple has copied many of Samsung’s innovations in its Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products.”
The South Korean company lost the last round of court battles and was ordered to pay a $US1 billion in damages which was later trimmed down to $930 million.
For infringing the patents the iPad maker wants Samsung to pay a massive $40 royalty for each device. On the other hand Apple is expected to lose only $6 million if it loses.
