One of Samsung's complaints against
Apple has been rejected by a German court.
Judge Andreas Voss of the Mannheim
Regional Court today said Samsung's claim that Apple violates a patent related
to 3G/UMTS wireless communication is not valid, FOSS Patents'
Florian Mueller is reporting. According to Mueller, the judge didn't
say why the claim was rejected, but it's by no means the end of Samsung's legal
efforts. As Mueller points out, the consumer electronics giant has four other
lawsuits targeting Apple, including six more patent claims.
Apple and Samsung have been engaging
in a long, arduous lawsuit process over the last several months spanning
Europe, the U.S., Australia, and Asia. However, so far, neither company has
been able to gain the upper hand, since most of their suits have been thrown
out. Even in cases where one side wins, they've only scored a preliminary
injunction that, in most instances, has been thrown out or averted with product
modifications.
But all that hasn't stopped one side
from targeting the other. Earlier this week, Apple filed a
lawsuit against Samsung, arguing that the company's smartphones
violate its patents and should be banned from sale in Germany. That lawsuit
followed another Samsung filed against Apple last month in a German court,
alleging the iPhone maker violates
several patents, including one related to how emoticons are displayed
on-screen.
Apple is also currently targeting
Motorola over alleged patent infringement. However, in that case, Apple has
suffered some setbacks, including one last week when the U.S.
International Trade Commission ruled that Motorola's smartphones do
not, in fact, violate the iPhone maker's patents.
After squaring off in a German court
earlier today, Apple and Samsung are due back to attend a hearing on one of the
lawsuits Apple has brought before Samsung. The fun never ends.
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